KENSINGTON
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Associated Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance map of Lehigh Manufacturing Company, prepared by W. L. Blossom, Index No. 1228, Survey No. 6548, (Philadelphia, 1903).
George, W. Baist, Baist's Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Complete in one volume, (Philadelphia, 1888).
George W. Baist, Property Atlas of the City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Philadelphia, 1895).
R. L. Barnes, Plan of the Built Portions of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1855).
Lorin Blodget, The Textile Industries of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1880).
Lorin Blodget, Census of Manufactures of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1883).
F. Boyd, Boyd's Business Directory for Philadelphia City, (Philadelphia, 1892, 1918).
George W. Bromley, Atlas of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1887, 1895, 1910).
George W. Bromley, Atlas of the City of Philadelphia (Central), South Street to Lehigh Avenue, (Philadelphia, 1922).
George W. Bromley, Atlas of the City of Philadelphia (North Philadelphia), Lehigh to Wingohocking, (Philadelphia, 1925).
Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, Business Firms Directory of Greater Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1957).
Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, Philadelphia, Industrial Directory of Philadelphia, Data for 1943, (Philadelphia, 1944).
Department of Labor and Industry, Pennsylvania, Second Industrial Directory of Pennsylvania, (Harrisburg, 1916).
Industrial Directory of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 14th edition, (Harrisburg, 1956).
R. Dochter, Brewerytown--Philadelphia, (Published by the author, c.1980), copy on file, Philadelphia Historical Commission.
T. Drayton, Plan of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1830).
Federal Writer's Project, Works Progress Administration, Philadelphia, A Guide to the Nation's Birthplace, (Philadelphia, 1937).
Edwin T. Freedley, Philadelphia and its Manufactures, (Philadelphia, 1859).
Charles C. Gillispie, ed., A Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry, Vol. 2. Selected from "L'encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts, et des Métiers", edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie, (New York, 1959).
J. Gopsill, Gopsill's Philadelphia Business Directory, (Philadelphia, 1880).
Ernest Hexamer, Hexamer General Insurance Surveys, (Philadelphia, 1865-97).
Ernest Hexamer and Son, Insurance Maps of the City of Philadelphia, Vol. VIII, (Philadelphia, 1891, 1902).
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Kensington, A Bibliographic Guide to material on Kensington in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
G. M. Hopkins, City Atlas of Philadelphia by Wards, Vol. VI, (Philadelphia, 1875).
John J. Macfarlane, "Growth and Extent of the Textile Industries of Philadelphia, Made in Philadelphia: Textile Industries of Philadelphia", pgs.5-18, (Philadelphia, 1910-11).
William W. Matos, Philadelphia, Its Founding and Development, 1683-1908, Official Historical Souvenir, (Philadelphia, 1908).
Ken Milano, Kensington Maps & Geography.
Thomas Morrison, A Correct Map of the City of Philadelphia, Compiled from Recent Surveys, (Philadelphia, 1834).
The Philadelphia Commercial Museum, Made in Philadelphia: Textile Industries of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1910-11).
Quaker Lace Company, "Dates in Quaker History," typescript produced by the company, (Philadelphia, 1983), copy on file, Philadelphia Historical Commission.
Thomas J. Scharf and Thompson Westcott, History of Philadelphia 1609-1884, in three volumes, (Philadelphia, 1884).
Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vol. VIII, revised to 1917, (New York, 1916).
Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vol. VIII, revised to 1950, (New York, 1945).
Philip Scranton,
Proprietary
Capitalism: The Textile Manufacture at Philadelphia
1800-1885, (New York, 1983).
Philip Scranton,
The
Philadelphia System of Textile Manufacture
1884-1984, (Philadelphia, 1984).
Philip Scranton and
Walter Licht, Work
Sights, Industrial Philadelphia
1890-1950, (Philadelphia, 1986).
Jean Seder,
Voices
of Kensington: Vanishing Mills, Vanishing
Neighborhoods, (Ardmore, 1982).
Living in Kensington and working in her parents textile mill, Seder has gathered the stories from seventeen other neighbors, mainly employed in the textile industry but also a shoemaker, meat store manager and teacher. These voices are as close as we can come to understanding the lives of the tens of thousands of men and women who worked in the hundreds of mills in Kensington. Seder laments: "But today we are in our sixties. None of our sons is interested in coming into the business. Our building is surrounded by shells of old factories. Our watchmen wage an endless battle with the children of the neighborhood who harass them and vandalize the building. Rolls of tapestry are stolen. The neighbors surrounding us now seem hostile. They refuse to be responsible for their children."
J. C. Sidney, Map of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1849).
Samuel L. Smedley, Smedley's Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1862).
Elvino V. Smith, Atlas of the 18th, 19th, and 31st Wards of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1904).
Elvino V. Smith, Atlas of the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Wards of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1909).
Richard J. Webster, Philadelphia Preserved: Catalog of the Historic American Building Survey, (Philadelphia, 1976).
WHERE TO GO FOR MORE INFORMATION
Philadelphia Free Library, Map Room, Logan Circle at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for information on Ward Atlases, Sanborn Maps, Hexamer General Surveys, and so on.
Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences, East Falls, Philadelphia.
Associated Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance map of Lehigh Manufacturing Company, prepared by W. L. Blossom, Index No. 1228, Survey No. 6548, (Philadelphia, 1903).
George, W. Baist, Baist's Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Complete in one volume, (Philadelphia, 1888).
George W. Baist, Property Atlas of the City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Philadelphia, 1895).
R. L. Barnes, Plan of the Built Portions of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1855).
Lorin Blodget, The Textile Industries of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1880).
Lorin Blodget, Census of Manufactures of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1883).
F. Boyd, Boyd's Business Directory for Philadelphia City, (Philadelphia, 1892, 1918).
George W. Bromley, Atlas of the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1887, 1895, 1910).
George W. Bromley, Atlas of the City of Philadelphia (Central), South Street to Lehigh Avenue, (Philadelphia, 1922).
George W. Bromley, Atlas of the City of Philadelphia (North Philadelphia), Lehigh to Wingohocking, (Philadelphia, 1925).
Chamber of Commerce of Philadelphia, Business Firms Directory of Greater Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1957).
Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, Philadelphia, Industrial Directory of Philadelphia, Data for 1943, (Philadelphia, 1944).
Department of Labor and Industry, Pennsylvania, Second Industrial Directory of Pennsylvania, (Harrisburg, 1916).
Industrial Directory of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 14th edition, (Harrisburg, 1956).
R. Dochter, Brewerytown--Philadelphia, (Published by the author, c.1980), copy on file, Philadelphia Historical Commission.
T. Drayton, Plan of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1830).
Federal Writer's Project, Works Progress Administration, Philadelphia, A Guide to the Nation's Birthplace, (Philadelphia, 1937).
Edwin T. Freedley, Philadelphia and its Manufactures, (Philadelphia, 1859).
Charles C. Gillispie, ed., A Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry, Vol. 2. Selected from "L'encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts, et des Métiers", edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie, (New York, 1959).
J. Gopsill, Gopsill's Philadelphia Business Directory, (Philadelphia, 1880).
Ernest Hexamer, Hexamer General Insurance Surveys, (Philadelphia, 1865-97).
Ernest Hexamer and Son, Insurance Maps of the City of Philadelphia, Vol. VIII, (Philadelphia, 1891, 1902).
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Kensington, A Bibliographic Guide to material on Kensington in the collection of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
G. M. Hopkins, City Atlas of Philadelphia by Wards, Vol. VI, (Philadelphia, 1875).
John J. Macfarlane, "Growth and Extent of the Textile Industries of Philadelphia, Made in Philadelphia: Textile Industries of Philadelphia", pgs.5-18, (Philadelphia, 1910-11).
William W. Matos, Philadelphia, Its Founding and Development, 1683-1908, Official Historical Souvenir, (Philadelphia, 1908).
Ken Milano, Kensington Maps & Geography.
Thomas Morrison, A Correct Map of the City of Philadelphia, Compiled from Recent Surveys, (Philadelphia, 1834).
The Philadelphia Commercial Museum, Made in Philadelphia: Textile Industries of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1910-11).
Quaker Lace Company, "Dates in Quaker History," typescript produced by the company, (Philadelphia, 1983), copy on file, Philadelphia Historical Commission.
Thomas J. Scharf and Thompson Westcott, History of Philadelphia 1609-1884, in three volumes, (Philadelphia, 1884).
Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vol. VIII, revised to 1917, (New York, 1916).
Sanborn Map Company, Insurance Maps of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vol. VIII, revised to 1950, (New York, 1945).
Philip Scranton,
Proprietary
Capitalism: The Textile Manufacture at Philadelphia
1800-1885, (New York, 1983).
Philip Scranton,
The
Philadelphia System of Textile Manufacture
1884-1984, (Philadelphia, 1984).
Philip Scranton and
Walter Licht, Work
Sights, Industrial Philadelphia
1890-1950, (Philadelphia, 1986).
Jean Seder,
Voices
of Kensington: Vanishing Mills, Vanishing
Neighborhoods, (Ardmore, 1982).
Living in Kensington and working in her parents textile mill, Seder has gathered the stories from seventeen other neighbors, mainly employed in the textile industry but also a shoemaker, meat store manager and teacher. These voices are as close as we can come to understanding the lives of the tens of thousands of men and women who worked in the hundreds of mills in Kensington. Seder laments: "But today we are in our sixties. None of our sons is interested in coming into the business. Our building is surrounded by shells of old factories. Our watchmen wage an endless battle with the children of the neighborhood who harass them and vandalize the building. Rolls of tapestry are stolen. The neighbors surrounding us now seem hostile. They refuse to be responsible for their children."
J. C. Sidney, Map of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1849).
Samuel L. Smedley, Smedley's Atlas of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1862).
Elvino V. Smith, Atlas of the 18th, 19th, and 31st Wards of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1904).
Elvino V. Smith, Atlas of the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th Wards of the City of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia, 1909).
Richard J. Webster, Philadelphia Preserved: Catalog of the Historic American Building Survey, (Philadelphia, 1976).
WHERE TO GO FOR MORE INFORMATION
Philadelphia Free Library, Map Room, Logan Circle at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for information on Ward Atlases, Sanborn Maps, Hexamer General Surveys, and so on.
Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences, East Falls, Philadelphia.