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The Gross Clinic is an 1875 painting by Thomas Eakins. It is oil on canvas and measures 8' by 6'6". The painting depicts Dr. Samuel D. Gross lecturing a group of Jefferson Medical College students. Admired for its uncompromising realism, The Gross Clinic has an important place documenting the history of medicine - both because it honors the emergence of surgery as a healing profession, and because it shows us what the surgical theater looked like in the nineteenth century.
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- March
Independence Hall is a U.S. national landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known primarily as the location where the Declaration of Independence was approved, the building was completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House for the Province of Pennsylvania. The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and United States Constitution were all signed at Independence Hall.
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- February
The Fairmount Water Works was the first municipal waterworks in the United States. Designed in 1812 by Frederick Graff and built between 1819 and 1822 it operated until 1909, winning praise for its design and becoming a popular tourist attraction. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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- January
The Philadelphia Police Department is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest municipal police agencies in the United States, and the fourth largest in the country.
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