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Image: Exterior shot of City Hall and City Hall Plaza, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, Philadelphia, PA 1938. Courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University. http://digital.library.temple.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15037coll3/id/54915/rec/4.
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