Awakening (1900-1920) - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment

[@bigmountain7561]

My Mom grew up right around the corner from Shibe Park. She was born in 1922. When I was little before they built the Vet, I went to my first baseball game there. Ancient History Lol!!

[@melissaford717]

My maternal side is from Swampoodle. My grandmother grew up on 24th Street and mom on Judson Street. Heard about that neighborhood my whole life.

[@bigmountain7561]

@@melissaford717yes my grandpa was the Harbison’s milkman with the horse for the area. My Dad graduated Roman in 39 Mom was Hallahan in 40. I was the late in life oops. Lol. My Mom and Dad also mentioned Ringgold St. I guess Mom moved when she was a teenager.

[@yvonneplant9434]

This series should have been on PBS. Can't thank Sam Katz enough for doing it. 🎉

[@SarahWestCrazyTaxiQueen]

This did a wonderful Job telling us about the 1910, 1911, and 1913 World Series, because in October 1910, Philadelphia got it's very first of many championships, Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1.

[@gortbot7748]

Philadelphia born and raised, about 8 blocks off Germantown and Mt Airy . I've lived in the Midwest for 50 years. Now I'm having a giant homesick attack. Thanks for a well made documentary.

[@msgflash4748]

Whoever put this together - I thank you , sincerely. I encourage you to continue , as you seem to have found a niche unto your own .

[@yvonneplant9434]

Sam Katz was the exec producer. He ran for mayor a couple of times.

[@mtanyctrainatlantamartatra7164]

Great documentary. Shame on them using kids with such dangerous conditions

[@jccurran9327]

This is the first that I caught this "Great Êxperiment" series. I am thôroughly enjoying it! Family í from South Philadelphia. Thanks for the upload. 11/29/19

[@KennethDAstonJr]

Growing up in the Philadelphia region I love all your videos they are so filled with information, great photos, and history! I must watch for everyone!

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[@sarge9779]

Another superior episode of incredibly awesome series. Thank you for your excellent history of my beloved hometown. ❤

[@dchang11]

Fun Fact: Rose Dewitt Bukatter in the 1997 film Titanic has roots in Villanova, PA. Her character is based on Lucile Carter, a teenager and survivor who was preparing for her Philadelphia society debut.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Thanks for the info.

[@anisesuonborai6453]

Omg I reslly love this stuff. Please make more ya tq

[@danielblake1537]

Lol I honestly thought this was about the "The Philadelphia Experiment" where a U.S. naval cruiser ship supposedly vanished out of thin air and some of its men were on the ship to see if they could basically go through a wormhole/portal but I guess this is about something totally different because I don't see not one comment talking about any of that stuff lol

[@sarakyoutube]

thats what I was here for too!

[@steezymarlon1384]

yoo what

[@Dsul87-z1e]

Well, what you're talking about was called the Philadelphia experiment. If it actually happened, it's wild af. The whole ship vanished and when it came back the crew was fused to the ship, some dead, some alive. I drive passed the philly navy yard where the experiment took place a.few times a week. I think about that experiment every time

[@bibliusz777]

the best documentary i've seen in my life

[@thjrny4475]

This is really great stuff! It’s surprising that they never mentioned the Spanish Flu pandemic that happened from 1918-1920 I believe. But this was still an amazing documentary of the history of Philly during that time period 👍🏾

[@PivotF00t]

did the word pandemic exist in 1919?

[@hauntedbearchild]

It seems Philadelphia ignored it for a very long time. Maybe because their effort to have a political even caused the sudden and immense spread. City Hall didn't listen to the warnings. Still, it's shocking it was not mentioned as it had a huge impact on Philadelphia and our city had the most deaths by far during the epidemic in the U.S. It changed the city a lot and it should have been addressed.

[@scothammond5736]

​@PivotF00t Yes, the pandemic isn't a new word lol.

[@yvonneplant9434]

​@@PivotF00tProbably not. But, yes, the flu epidemic was going on 1918- circa 1920.

[@LeighRichardsPhiladelphia]

Excellent!

[@lisalasoya7979]

Whoever put this together, did it in November 1960's with respect to child labor. In addition, from assembly line these kids with missing fingers, and hands possibly, graduated to a job that takes this undesirable out of site statue 101 & 102 of title 1.

[@carinu5444]

What happened to all of the blacks that lived in center city before greenspan.

[@teddawg327]

when my father's side arrived via Ottawa and Kiev...they were cigar makers

[@gortbot7748]

My Grandpa was a horse trader from Poland, came here in 1904. They lived in West Philly and he sold horses and mules to the miners and farmers upstate. He died in 1952, and my parents wrote 'cattle buyer' on his death certificate, they were ashamed of horse trading.

[@Wanamaker1946]

P.A.B. Widener built and owned those little railroad lines that many still are there. That’s how Lynnwood Hall was financed. He went down on the Titanic.

[@ianwells5414]

This episode spent an oddly long time on baseball. Maybe they just had a lot of footage? Definetly other things that were happening that were important.

[@rsin-uh9ec]

HOW SO VERY MUCH ENJOYED WATCHING THIS VIDEO AND HOPE TO SEE MORE ABOUT A CITY I CALL HOME............. ROBBIE PHILADELPHIA PA FISHTOWN

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

Parents sent their kids to the mills, a far better option then anything in the "Old Country" Only a short time ago, most people, even in America, lived in, by today's standards,,, abusive conditions, Most Ethnicity have white-washed their helplessness, and their disturbing past generally, choosing to focus on accomplishments, and progress. It's the way cultures of progress move on... Don't forget the ugly past, lest hard lessons be forgotten, and the achievement of ancestors be forfeited. But; Don't dwell on past misfortune, lest today's opportunity be lost.

[@manolochootdatpizzachip5142]

As you can see from the charts below, the 1920s was a decade of explosive growth [IMG]www.city-data.com/forum/members/kongfoocj-2234000-albums-kongfoocj-pic152889-img-20190727-010218.jpg[/IMG] Now, considering out of the top 10 cities, Cleveland, St Louis, Boston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh all saw smaller increases than Philly, but were also much smaller cities, I'm only speaking in relation to the rest of the top 5 cities, all of which saw massive increases of over 600,000 while Philly had an increase of only 125,000. This video shows that all of these cities, including Philly were growing rapidly until about 1920, when Philly's population growth slows dramatically. [youtube]YmPxE6YjgaY[/youtube] kzbin.info/www/bejne/j56zqXhsjs-al7s Now obviously the creator of the video made some mistakes. He left out a few cities which were in the top 15. The growth in the cities it does show does seem to be in order though.

[@marjoryrainey287]

Mother Jones!! What a great lady!

[@tomjones5650]

Yes indeed..

[@theauntiewarhol]

Of course it’s wonderful that we’ve since learned how terrible and wrong that sort of child labor is, and have rightly made certain we don’t do that here anymore. We made the brave and conscientious decision to outsource that shit to Asia now.

[@Songwriter376]

Right?!

[@021490NMCKENZIE]

What happened to all the stay at home moms? 😅… they even put the children to work so many people are delusional when it comes to actual history!

[@dan020350]

👌

[@cookiecrazysquad2306]

When did all the blacks come to Philadelphia and why aren't there documentaries about them living a good life in Philadelphia just asking

[@ntzelldonnie2kk642]

Philadelphia from then to now smh I live in Nicetown north Philadelphia

[@BarbaraPineda-v9p]

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[@ftnrbhmwk]

I hate gospel music. And I'm black. Never liked it. Malcolm X"stop singing and start swinging "

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

His words have been embraced.. Crime statistics clearly bear that out. Hallelujah!

[@ftnrbhmwk]

@Karen Byrd you can change your name if you want to. But the sound is still the same. Stop it.. you can go ahead and kumbaya if you want to. Not me buddy

[@Mykaeil]

i thought women can work only from 1928___

[@BarbaraPineda-v9p]

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[@darkridedan1]

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