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All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories

Brief biographies of permanent residents of Laurel Hill East in Philadelphia and Laurel Hill West in Bala Cywnyd, Pennsylvania. Often educational, always entertaining.

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48:59

ABC #016: Curtis Publishing Company and The Saturday...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/06/21

Before the internet, before television, before radio, there were magazines. Philadelphia was the place you wanted to be if you were in the magazine business. It had the best presses, the best printers, and the railroads to get them where they needed to go. Cyrus H.K. Curtis was the king of magazine publishing, but could only do it with the help of two amazing editors – his wife, Louisa Knapp Curtis, and his hire from Boston, George Horace Lorimer. Lorimer needed the help of another

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54:06

ABC #014: On with the Show! - Edward Fry, Adam...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/05/19

Edward Fry was impresario for the Astor Place Opera in 1849 at the time of the famed Shakespeare riots, when dozens of New Yorkers were killed. Adam Forepaugh was a wealthy horse trader who more-or-less accidentally took over a circus, but gave P.T. Barnum a run for his money in post-Civil War America. J. Fred Zimmerman was one of a small group of men, fittingly called the Theatre Syndicate, who controlled a majority of theatres on the east coast, essentially determining what plays would be staged

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50:34

ABC #015: Quarantine Special: She’s Not There -...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/04/23

Ethel Huhn Bailey was the spoiled daughter of the spoiled second wife of Philadelphia multimillionaire George Arthur Huhn, who is buried on Millionaire’s Row. Florence Leontine Lowe was the granddaughter of Philadelphia builder and architect Richard Dobbins; under her nickname and married name of Pancho Barnes, she became a stunt pilot and opened a popular drinking spot for test pilots near Muroc Air Field. Princess Olga Demidoff Troubetzskoy Stoever was briefly the wife of Germantown-born and

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49:30

ABC #013: On the Tube - Dave Garroway, Anne Francine,...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/04/18

Dave Garroway was one of the most successful announcers in the early days of television, but things fell apart when he walked away from "The Today Show." Main Line socialite Anne Francine might be better remembered for her time on stage or in cabaret performances, but she spent a memorable season in a TV show starring Barbara Eden. And anyone who lived in Philadelphia over the past 40 years knew about Edie Huggins and Sheela Allen-Stephens.

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51:12

ABC #012: A Night at the Opera: Giuseppe del Puente,...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Giuseppe del Puente was considered the premier baritone of the late 19th century. Eleanor Mayo had a budding career derailed by a bad review and a marriage. Camille d’Elmar was never a star but she made a living from opera. David Bispham was "The Quaker Singer" who was a favorite of Teddy Roosevelt. Robert Carson's Night at the Opera turned out to be lethal.

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56:22

ABC #011: She Invented What?! - Martha Coston, Rachel...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Martha Coston invented the signal flare that bears her name and in so doing saved thousands of lives in wartime and in peace. Rachel Lloyd had to go to Europe to get her PhD in chemistry, but she then jump-started the sugar beet industry in the United States. Mary Engle Pennington, the “Ice Lady” completely changed the way your food is prepared, shipped, and stored.

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48:43

ABC #010: FOAL - Friends of Abraham Lincoln: John and...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Admiral John Dahlgren was the father of Naval Ordnance, and the father of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren of the infamous Dahlgren affair during the Civil War that may have directly led to the assassination of their friend Abraham Lincoln. Bishop Matthew Simpson - you've seen his statue on Belmont - was a confidante who delivered Lincoln’s funeral oration in Springfield, Illinois.

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36:45

ABC #009: The Attorneys General: Richard Rush, Henry...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Richard Rush served in the cabinets of three presidents and ran for Vice President in 1832, but is frequently an afterthought to his Founding Father parent Benjamin Rush. Henry Gilpin was appointed US Attorney General just in time to argue the United States case in the Amistad affair. And there are seven Pennsylvania AGs, each with a fascinating story.

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42:16

ABC #008: The Lady Artists: Alice Barber Stephens,...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Alice Barber Stephens was one of the premiere magazine illustrators of the late 19th century. Cecilia Beaux was a painter acknowledged in her day as one of the best portrait painters in the country. Harriet Frishmuth was a sculptor whose art deco works continue to astound viewers.

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31:06

ABC #007: Play Ball!! Harry Wright, Benjamin Shibe...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

If professional baseball had a Founding Father, it would be Harry Wright. Philadelphia was one of the early cities to adopt the game, and sporting goods manufacturers Ben Shibe and Al Reach took advantage of it. And if you listened to the Phillies on the radio, you knew broadcast announcer Harry Kalas.

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36:21

ABC #006: Fathers and Sons: Thomas and Albert Sully;...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

There are many father-and-son combinations buried at Laurel Hill: today we cover portrait artist Thomas Sully and his military son General Albert Sully, Generals Robert and Francis Patterson, both with somewhat tarnished records, and Gilded Age capitalist extraordinaire Peter Widener, and his son George and grandson Harry who went down on the USS Titanic.

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ABC #005: Building Philadelphia: John Notman,...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Many architects made Philadelphia the showcase city that it is today. I have chosen 4 to talk about here: John Notman (The Athenaeum, Laurel Hill Cemetery), Napoleon LeBrun (Academy of Music, the Cathedral), Frank Furness (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, gatehouse at Philadelphia zoo), and Horace Trumbauer (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Free Library of Philadelphia).

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ABC #004: Holidays among the Stones: Sarah Josepha...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Before the Civil War there were two national holidays - Independence Day and Washington's Birthday. But in the Laurel Hills are 4 people who made American holidays what they are today: Sarah Josepha Hale, the woman who invented Thanksgiving; Martha Tillman, the woman who MAY have invented Memorial Day; and Anna Jarvis, the mother of Mother’s Day; and Stephen F. Whitman, the man who invented Whitman chocolates. Join our email list to get the latest on episode releases, special events, and more:

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41:27

ABC #003: Easterners of the Old West: Henry Deringer,...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Three creators of the mythology of the Wild West are buried at the Laurel Hills: Henry Deringer, inventor of the pocket pistol and father of concealed carry; Owen Wister, who wrote the first definitive Western novel "The Virginian"; and John Batterson Stetson, the man who invented the hat that defines the Old West. This podcast include interviews with two of Laurel Hill Cemtery's volunteer guides.

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ABC #002: Famed Arctic Explorer + Spiritualist /...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Explorer Elisha Kent Kane was one of the most famous Americans of the mid-19th century. He knew that he would die young, and he pushed the limits. Maggie Fox was a spiritualist and medium from New York. Somehow they got together and became a couple. Their story is pretty sensational. Join our email list to get the latest on episode releases, special events, and more: http://eepurl.com/idNN1X

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ABC #001: The Origins of Laurel Hill: How and Why Did...

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories ·

2020/03/27

Most people who walk into Laurel Hill Cemetery for the first time are struck by the greenness of the place. The 78-acre property stretches between Ridge Avenue and Kelly Drive, and between East Falls and Strawberry Mansion - a large, open, green space with more than 75,000 inhabitants, hundreds of statues, miles of paved roads, wildlife, and 850 trees in the middle of a very modern city. Join our email list to get the latest on episode releases, special events, and more:

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