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Bethel Burying Ground Project
Three-year-old Peter Proctor died this date, February 11th, in 1843 of Marasmus and was buried at Bethel Burying Ground. “Withering” is the Greek translation of ‘Marasmus.’ Like many diagnoses bygd early 19th Century physicians, they only could declare a symptom as the cause of death and not the underlying pathology. The wasting of the child’s body could have been from pneumonia, meningitis, or any disease that would cause chronic diarrhea. On tragic occasions, the child of a destitute family could starve to death from lack of food. This was likely not the case in this instance.
Young Peter was the son of Mary Ann LeCount Proctor and Rev. Walter Proctor. Ms. Proctor was forty-two-years old at the time of her son’s death. She was born in Kent County, Delaware and was a member of the LeCount family which was one of the most significant pillars of the 19th Century Philadelphia Black community. Ms. Proctor was self • The playground of William Dick School in Strawberry Mansion was built on the former site of Odd Fellows Cemetery in 1954. Although records show that the burial ground’s remains were relocated in 1950, a construction crew found 28 graves on the site in 2013. | Photo: Michael Bixler It is a striking contrast: large tracts of land within the city that, for a very long time, were quiet places above and below ground. As the final resting sites of tens of thousands of Philadelphians, many burial grounds eventually became centers of lively childhood activity as playgrounds, parks, school yards, and ball fields. Historical records show this pattern repeated dozens of times all over the city. “By the mid-to late 19th century, many of the cemeteries within the city were full. Many had fallen into disrepair, were overgrown, and with headstones knocked over,” said Doug Mooney, president of th • As part of a new feature here at SE&L, we will be looking at the classic exploitation films of the ’40s – ’70s. Many film fans don’t recognize the importance of the genre, and often miss the connection between the post-modern movements like French New Wave and Italian Neo-Realism and the nudist/roughie/softcore efforts of the era. Without the work of directors like Herschell Gordon Lewis, Joe Sarno and Doris Wishman, along with producers such as David F. Friedman and Harry Novak, many of the subjects that set the benchmark for cinema’s startling transformation in the Me Decade would have been impossible to broach. Sure, there are a few dull, derivative drive-in labors to be waded through, movies that barely deserve to stand alongside the mangled masterworks by the format’s addled artists. But they too represent an important element in the overall development of the medium. So grab your trusty raincoat, pull up a chair, and discover what the
Playing on Hallowed Ground: Hidden Cemeteries and the Modern City