1870's
West Philadelphia Population
West Philadelphia Population from 1850- 1910
-1870 City Population is 647,022
-1870 15th Amendment allows African American to vote which causes riots in the city
-1870-1900 The Italian population increases from 300 to 18,000 because they are looking for better ecomomic conditions
-1880 City population is 847,170
-1880's There is more afforable housing, higher wages, good working conditions, good worker benifits that will cause less workers strikes.
-1880's The Jewish population increases near river wards south of Spruce Street kicking out African Americans.
-1880 Textile workers join socialist unions
-1890- City's populations is 1,046,964
-Late 1800's There is no government programs for the poor so religious groups help the poor people with food,clothing, and shelter.
-Late 1800's The diversity of industries creates severe economics problems in the city.
-1870 15th Amendment allows African American to vote which causes riots in the city
-1870-1900 The Italian population increases from 300 to 18,000 because they are looking for better ecomomic conditions
-1880 City population is 847,170
-1880's There is more afforable housing, higher wages, good working conditions, good worker benifits that will cause less workers strikes.
-1880's The Jewish population increases near river wards south of Spruce Street kicking out African Americans.
-1880 Textile workers join socialist unions
-1890- City's populations is 1,046,964
-Late 1800's There is no government programs for the poor so religious groups help the poor people with food,clothing, and shelter.
-Late 1800's The diversity of industries creates severe economics problems in the city.
World's Fair
-1876-In 1876 Philadelphia hosted the first World's Fair held in the United States:the Centennial Exhibition in Fairmount Park, which included a demonstration of the telephone which let Philadelphia become a pioneer in the establishment of modern utilities.
1910's
-1900-The City's population is 1,293,647
-1901 The City sponsors its first Mummers' Parade
-1903 100,000 garment workers strike, 10,000 of whom are children. Although the strike fails, it highlights the horrors of child labor.
-1905 The Public School Reorganization Act frees the school system from the wards and the ward leaders.
-1905 There are almost as many parochial and private schools in the city as there are public schools.
-1911 Rudolph Blankenburg becomes mayor and ushers in four years of reform. At the end of his term, Philadelphia reverts back to machine politics
-1910 Philadelphia had the greatest home ownership rate of any city in the world.
-End of the 1910's, Philadelphia also had the largest shipbuilding plant in existence at the time
-1901 The City sponsors its first Mummers' Parade
-1903 100,000 garment workers strike, 10,000 of whom are children. Although the strike fails, it highlights the horrors of child labor.
-1905 The Public School Reorganization Act frees the school system from the wards and the ward leaders.
-1905 There are almost as many parochial and private schools in the city as there are public schools.
-1911 Rudolph Blankenburg becomes mayor and ushers in four years of reform. At the end of his term, Philadelphia reverts back to machine politics
-1910 Philadelphia had the greatest home ownership rate of any city in the world.
-End of the 1910's, Philadelphia also had the largest shipbuilding plant in existence at the time
1920's
-1926- Hosted the Sesquicentennial Exposition Celebrations which was the 150th anneriversy of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
-1920's- Had many republican mayors that were apart of the world most potlitically corrupt mayors.
-1920's - Had many religous groups come here such as Scot-Irish,Irish,Welsh, German and most of them were immigrants.
-1920's William Vare became the city's political boss. In the 1920s the public flaunting of Prohibition laws, mob violence, and police involvement in illegal activities led
Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick to appoint Brigadier General Smedley Butler of the U.S. Marine Corps as director of public safety. Butler cracked down on bars and speakeasies and tried to stop corruption within the police force, but demand for liquor and political pressure made the job difficult, and he had little success. After two years, Butler left in January 1926 and most of his police reforms were repealed. On August 1, 1928, Boss Vare suffered a stroke, and two weeks later a grand jury investigation into the city's mob violence and other crimes began. Numerous police officers were dismissed or arrested as a result of the investigation, but no permanent changes were made.
-1920's- The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania faction of La Cosa Nostra has been one of the
strongest families in the American Cosa Nostra since its start in 1911. Salvatore Sabella was sent to Philadelphia by the bosses of the Sicilian Mafia to organize the city's rackets. Sabella was the boss of the Philadelphia mob from 1911 until his death in 1927. Salvatore was a olive oil and cheese merchant, and the successful owner of a soft drink cafe. In 1925 he is the suspected shooter of rival mobsters Leo Lanzetti, Vincent Cocozza, and Joseph Zanghi.
-Jonathan Saint Claire AKA West Indian Johnny He introduced the numbers racket to the entire east coast, for a penny you would get $4.00, for a nickel you got $22.50, and for a dime you would get $44.00. The three numbers were based on the last three numbers sold on the
Stock Exchange.
-Forrest White Woodard came to Philadelphia from Virginia 1898 and by 1922 he was running the biggest numbers operation in the city. By
1930, he became the richest Black man in Philly.
-Max "Boo Boo" Hoff, King of the Philadelphia Bootleggers 1928 -"Boo Boo" was the chief proprietor of businesses involved in the diversion of industrial alcohol, including the Quaker Industrial Alcohol Company, the Glenwood Industrial Alcohol Company, and the Consolidated Ethyl Solvents CompanyHoff also had interests in several upscale clubs, including the Ship, the Piccadilly, and the Turf Club.
-Pennsylvania's Ethel Waters, the first recording star of the African-American-owned Black Swan Record Company that produced jazz music.
-1920's -Boxing, gambling, and watching baseball also became ways of entertainment throughout the 1920's.
-1920's- The City's population is 1,823,779 and is the third largest city in the United States.
-1920's- Had many republican mayors that were apart of the world most potlitically corrupt mayors.
-1920's - Had many religous groups come here such as Scot-Irish,Irish,Welsh, German and most of them were immigrants.
-1920's William Vare became the city's political boss. In the 1920s the public flaunting of Prohibition laws, mob violence, and police involvement in illegal activities led
Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick to appoint Brigadier General Smedley Butler of the U.S. Marine Corps as director of public safety. Butler cracked down on bars and speakeasies and tried to stop corruption within the police force, but demand for liquor and political pressure made the job difficult, and he had little success. After two years, Butler left in January 1926 and most of his police reforms were repealed. On August 1, 1928, Boss Vare suffered a stroke, and two weeks later a grand jury investigation into the city's mob violence and other crimes began. Numerous police officers were dismissed or arrested as a result of the investigation, but no permanent changes were made.
-1920's- The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania faction of La Cosa Nostra has been one of the
strongest families in the American Cosa Nostra since its start in 1911. Salvatore Sabella was sent to Philadelphia by the bosses of the Sicilian Mafia to organize the city's rackets. Sabella was the boss of the Philadelphia mob from 1911 until his death in 1927. Salvatore was a olive oil and cheese merchant, and the successful owner of a soft drink cafe. In 1925 he is the suspected shooter of rival mobsters Leo Lanzetti, Vincent Cocozza, and Joseph Zanghi.
-Jonathan Saint Claire AKA West Indian Johnny He introduced the numbers racket to the entire east coast, for a penny you would get $4.00, for a nickel you got $22.50, and for a dime you would get $44.00. The three numbers were based on the last three numbers sold on the
Stock Exchange.
-Forrest White Woodard came to Philadelphia from Virginia 1898 and by 1922 he was running the biggest numbers operation in the city. By
1930, he became the richest Black man in Philly.
-Max "Boo Boo" Hoff, King of the Philadelphia Bootleggers 1928 -"Boo Boo" was the chief proprietor of businesses involved in the diversion of industrial alcohol, including the Quaker Industrial Alcohol Company, the Glenwood Industrial Alcohol Company, and the Consolidated Ethyl Solvents CompanyHoff also had interests in several upscale clubs, including the Ship, the Piccadilly, and the Turf Club.
-Pennsylvania's Ethel Waters, the first recording star of the African-American-owned Black Swan Record Company that produced jazz music.
-1920's -Boxing, gambling, and watching baseball also became ways of entertainment throughout the 1920's.
-1920's- The City's population is 1,823,779 and is the third largest city in the United States.
Population and Immigration Graph
This graph is from 1920 to 1930.
1930's
-1930 The City's population is 1,950,961
-1932- 28,1000 unemployed people needed federal help
-1932 also school, streets, sewers, and local employment also needed federal help
-1930's Philadelphia had a huge increase of African Americans.
-Churches and private organizations tried forming shelters to help the homeless, but ran out of money fast.
- 1930- 1935 Moore was a mayor at the time, but refused to sign different new deal plans which caused the lost the city jobs, road improvements, public buildings, and other beneficial construction, which turned the city back into a democratic area when he did not get relected.
-1935 Democratic city leader S. Davis Wilson won the Republican Party for mayor,and
once in office immediately courted federal assistance.
-1935- the WPA alone employed more than 47,000 people, who constructed roads, bridges,schools, sewers, an airport, public housing complexes, some 900 public buildings, and improvements to Fairmount Park, the Zoo, League Island Park. the city water plant, and some 900 public buildings.
-1936- presidential election more than 60 percent voted for Roosevelt; the first time a majority of Philadelphians had supported a Democrat for president since they
backed the state's native son James Buchanan back in 1856.
-1930's New Deal work relief programs helped tens of thousands of Philadelphians and left a legacy of public projects still visible on the Philadelphia landscape today. Only when World War II kick-started Philadelphia's industries, however, did the city prosper.
-1932- 28,1000 unemployed people needed federal help
-1932 also school, streets, sewers, and local employment also needed federal help
-1930's Philadelphia had a huge increase of African Americans.
-Churches and private organizations tried forming shelters to help the homeless, but ran out of money fast.
- 1930- 1935 Moore was a mayor at the time, but refused to sign different new deal plans which caused the lost the city jobs, road improvements, public buildings, and other beneficial construction, which turned the city back into a democratic area when he did not get relected.
-1935 Democratic city leader S. Davis Wilson won the Republican Party for mayor,and
once in office immediately courted federal assistance.
-1935- the WPA alone employed more than 47,000 people, who constructed roads, bridges,schools, sewers, an airport, public housing complexes, some 900 public buildings, and improvements to Fairmount Park, the Zoo, League Island Park. the city water plant, and some 900 public buildings.
-1936- presidential election more than 60 percent voted for Roosevelt; the first time a majority of Philadelphians had supported a Democrat for president since they
backed the state's native son James Buchanan back in 1856.
-1930's New Deal work relief programs helped tens of thousands of Philadelphians and left a legacy of public projects still visible on the Philadelphia landscape today. Only when World War II kick-started Philadelphia's industries, however, did the city prosper.
Shelters and Help
Volunteers dispensing coffee and sandwiches outside headquarters of the Philadelphia County Emergency Relief Committee, 1450 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA, September 8, 1932.In the early years of the Great Depression, the Philadelphia County Emergency Relief Committee helped more than 40,000 families.
