Lifelong resident of Philadelphia. Mechanical engineer.
I like starting things here:
- Air Force Armament Museum, near Eglin AFB, Florida
- American Conservatory of Music, near Chicago
- Argyrol, an early antimicrobial medication
- Eric Wollencott Barnes, American educator, diplomat, actor, and author
- Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author
- Bull Behman, player and coach of Frankford Yellow Jackets
- Bert Bell Award, presented to the Professional Football Player of the Year
- John C. Bell, Jr., Penna. governor
- Punk Berryman, All-American football player and coach of Frankford Yellow Jackets
- Thomas Bladen, colonial governor of Maryland
- Bloody Run, tributary of Poquessing Creek
- Clear Light, 1960's psychedelic rock band
- Ivah Wills Coburn, American actress and theater producer
- Michael Colgrass, Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer and percussionist
- Corliss Steam Engine, a steam engine fitted with Corliss valves
- Crestmont Farms, a neighborhood in Philadelphia
- Cuisine of Philadelphia (well, I broke it out of the Philadelphia article)
- Owen Davis, American dramaturge
- Owen Davis, Jr., American actor
- Tyler Dennett, American educator and historian
- John Elliott (artist), American painter
- Maud Howe Elliott, Pulitzer Prize-winning American author
- Edwin Henry Fitler, Philadelphia mayor (1887-91)
- Martin Flavin, American dramaturge and screenwriter
- Frankford Arsenal, the defunct U.S. Army facility
- Frankford Avenue Bridge, a historic landmark in Philadelphia
- Frankford Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River
- Inès de la Fressange, French model and designer
- Friends Hospital, Philadelphia landmark
- George Gibson (football), All-American football player and coach of Frankford Yellow Jackets
- Thomas Griffitts, colonial Philadelphia mayor
- Augustus Harris, London impresario
- Hatcher Hughes, American playwright
- Iron Liege, 1957 Kentucky Derby winner
- Agnes Irwin, Philadelphia educator
- Marquis James, American writer
- Herb Joesting, All-American football player and coach of Frankford Yellow Jackets
- Josephine Winslow Johnson, American novelist
- Urjo Kareda, Canadian dramaturge
- George Kelly, American dramaturge
- Virginia Knauer, Philadelphia politician
- Joseph Kramm, Pulitzer Prize-winning American dramaturge
- Gail Kubik, American composer
- Thomas Lawrence, five-time colonial mayor of Philadelphia
- H.P. Lovecraft (rock group)
- Marion Mainwaring, American author
- Christopher Marshall, diarist of the American Revolution
- Maxwell Football Club, presenters of the Maxwell Award for College Player of the Year in American football
- Caroline Miller, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
- Century Milstead, professional American football player
- Modern Times, an album by Jefferson Starship
- Humphrey Morrey, first mayor of (colonial) Philadelphia
- Anthony Morris (I), early colonial mayor of Philadelphia
- Anthony Morris (II), his son, later colonial mayor of Philadelphia
- Musée de l'Armée, museum in Paris
- Pascale Pellegrin, French actress
- Raymond Pellegrin, French actor
- Penn Relays, one of the largest track meets in the world
- Julia Peterkin, American author
- Wayne Peterson, Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer and pianist
- Philadelphia Quakers (AFL), a defunct American football team
- Clement Plumsted, colonial Philadelphia mayor
- William Plumsted, colonial Philadelphia mayor
- Poughkeepsie Regatta
- Samuel Powel, colonial and post-colonial Philadelphia mayor
- Red Octopus, 1975 album by Jefferson Starship
- Pete Retzlaff, Philadelphia Eagles football player
- Rodin Museum, Philadelphia landmark
- Bob Reifsnyder, All-American football player
- Bernard Samuel, Philadelphia mayor (1941-52)
- Benjamin Shoemaker, colonial Philadelphia mayor
- Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American novelist
- SVT (rock band)
- George Taliaferro, first African-American drafted by the NFL (1949)
- John Peter Toohey, American publicist, member of the Algonquin Round Table
- Wallace Triplett, Cheltenham High grad, first African-American draftee to play in NFL (1949)
- Turtle soup, a Philadelphia delicacy (snapper soup)
- Frances Upton, American actor and comedienne
- Harry Vail, rowing coach (broken out of Dad Vail Regatta)
- Stan Walters, Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle
- William W. Warner, American biologist and author
- Margaret Wilson (writer), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
- Jerry Wolman, developer and one-time owner of the Philadelphia Eagles
- Tom Woodeshick, Philadelphia Eagles running back of the 1960's
- Lud Wray, co-founder and first head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles
My to-do list:
- Irv Cross, Eagles defensive back and commentator