The Old Eighth Ward served as the home to well over a thousand residents who included artists, writers, educators, activists, politicians, construction workers, domestic workers, and many more. This photo gallery seeks to remember those who lived in the Eighth Ward and showcase the neighborhood as a diverse and thriving community in the period of the City Beautiful Movement.
Click on an image below to see a historical photograph of the people of the Old Eighth Ward.
Men sitting outside Brotherly Lodge 
Old man on Cowden Street 
Workers of Cooper’s Foundry 
Businessmen on Beer hall 
Businessmen on Fourth Street 
Man and woman on Fifth Street 
Women conversing outside a building 
People outside Corona Hotel 
Two men outside Corona Hotel 
Cleaner on Filbert Street 
Businessman getting into carriage 
Man outside store on Fourth Street 
Man outside Gordan Manufacturing Company 
Men outside Harrisburg Steam Company 
Man sitting outside Harrisburg Steam company 
Kids playing baseball near Capitol 
Kids near railroad 
Man inside carriage 
Group of men outside Pool Hall (Colonel Struthers on right) 
Woman and child outside Old Lincoln School 
Men sitting outside tobacco shop 
Cleaner near Catholic Church 
Women outside Grocery Store 
Women looking outside window 
Kids playing near church 
Man near pole on Cowden Street 
Businessman standing near H.G. Walter’s Meat Market 
Kid looking towards Corona Hotel 
Kids outside plumbing shop 
Businessman on Fourth Street 
Young man inside Gordon Manufacturing Company 
Kids observing Baseball near Capitol 
Businessmen and women on Short Street 
Man walking on Tanner’s Alley 
Two men near Cowden Street 
A Worker and Businessman near railroad 
People on Filbert Street
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