Maria Peale
Her only surviving piece was sold at Sotheby’s in 2008.
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March 29, 2024
Eleanor Richards Simes
She helped lead the church for 47 years, established a Sewing School for children, and popular Men’s Bible Study classes, too!
March 8, 2024
Russell Sonju
He was a big-time trombone player who received a Purple Heart in WWII.
February 8, 2024
Captain Thomas Arnold
He went from deck boy to sea captain and even wrote a handbook on seamanship
December 19, 2023
Gloria Campisi
She had a great ability to locate hard-to-find interviewees.
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October 24, 2023
Reproduced from Howard Pyle's “Last Important Painting Du Pont Powder Wagon Carrying Powder to Commodore Perry in 1813” by McIntyre and Company (1913).
Alexander Napier
This Scot was a stone cutter, firefighter & gunpowder-protector in the War of 1812.
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September 28, 2023
Stich, Abbildung, gravure, engraving from Hadamard & Gauchard : 1861
Sarah Garrett Lungren
She grew up at “The Lilacs” – one of the homes used to create Philly’s Fairmount Park.
August 8, 2023
William Lungren
He was a paper-maker and hotel landlord who left an impressive family legacy.
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May 17, 2023
A Tale of Two Brothers: Augustus and Edward Sargent
Augustus Sargent and his brother Edward were closely linked in their lives and careers.
March 13, 2023
Astrid Katarina Person Perry
She was the first Lucia at our Lucia Fest, a diving horse lady at Steel Pier and a masseuse with famous clients like Liberace, Gypsy Rose Lee, Al Capone and the King of Sweden.
January 17, 2023
Gloria Dei - Olde Swedes Church March 12, 2007 © Ed Hille
Barbara A. Chilcott
She was a Lucia Fest performer for over 40 years who was committed to Breast Cancer Awareness.
September 2, 2022
Reverend Andreas Rudman
He built Gloria Dei Church and convinced William Penn to give its early settlers 10,000 acres of land in Berks County.
May 19, 2022
Capt. James Snell
Michael Schreiber tell us about Capt. James Snell’s daring acts and rescues at sea and his unsuccessful attempts to avoid capture by the British and the French.
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March 3, 2022
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The Music of 1700 [Concert + Lecture]
In this episode, musician Maria Dell’Orefice tells us about the music enjoyed when Philadelphia’s Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church completed construction in 1700. Maria performs music of the time and provides background commentary about the individual pieces.
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October 15, 2021
John Lungren
John Lungren operated a papermill located on Chester Creek, PA. The house he built in 1799 is on the National Register of Historic Places.
August 29, 2021
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The Perils of the Sea [Lecture + Q&A]
In this episode, historian and journalist Michael Schreiber shares his research into the lives and deaths of Philadelphia sea captains in the age of sail who were overcome by great hurricanes, succumbed to attacks by pirates, or who mysteriously disappeared in faraway waters.
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July 9, 2021
James Suplee
James B. Suplee was born on Apr. 26, 1790 to Solomon and Rebecca. According to his burial record, he died from "disease hives with racking pains in the bowels for…
May 10, 2021
Andris Souplis
Andris Souplis was a French Huguenot, a weaver, the first sheriff of Germantown, and the progenitor of the Supplees in America.
May 10, 2021
