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Five Iconic Philadelphia Companies That Are Gone (And What They Are Today)

October 9, 2014

If you like beer, baseball, not-so fine dining and spectacular light shows and if  you have enough money for a checking account, then you would have loved all of these five iconic former Philadelphia companies. Schmidt’s

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