Levi Hollingsworth HOLLINGSWORTH, Levi, merchant, born in Elkton, Maryland, 29 November, 1739; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 24 March, 1824. His great-grandfather, Valentine Hollingsworth, accompanied William Penn to Pennsylvania in 1682. Levi became a merchant in Philadelphia in 17 ...
“The Toy-Balloon Man” c. 1896. Illustration by Theodore Wores for his magazine article, “Children of Chinatown in San Francisco.” Artist Theodore Wores wrote for the magazine St. Nicholas, vol. 23, no. 7 (May 1896) about New Year’s time and balloons in old San Francisco Chinatown ...