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Philadelphia Oddities URL: http://www.ushistory.org/oddities/ Description: Descriptions of some of the "little-known, off-beat fascinating gems" in Philadelphia. Items include the University of Pennsylvania's ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) from 1946, the Wistar brain collection, the giant slide in Smith Playground, and a full gibbet iron. ("The primary meaning of the word 'gibbet' is simply a gallows. The steel frame to display the culprit's body is properly called a 'gibbet iron.'") From the Independence Hall Association. LII Topics: Other States, Philadelphia (Pa.), U.S. History By Place, U.S. Travel Author: Avery, Ron Publisher: Independence Hall Association LII Database Information: Record 22861 created by Maria Brandt on 11/06/2006 Last modification on 11/08/2006 Published: 11/08/2006 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22861 |
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