Did you know that 99.9% of our merchandise in the gallery is made in the USA, Canada and locally? We carry a few lines made in Italy, France, and Spain.

We have a some items made in Guatemala, India and South Africa which are under the Fair Trade Federation ensuring fair wages and good working conditions. Some of our lines pay it forward to health, food and global organizations here and around the world.

We also carry many items that are eco friendly, organic and promote social good that are NOT sold on Amazon.

AND many women owned companies!

Here are just a few... but when you click on the artists category if there is a story to tell we will tell it there.

Blue Q is a company where items are made in the USA, India and China, They are located in Massachusetts and hire a number of people with disabilities. They are two brothers who treat their employees very well and give back 1% off all sales to Doctors Without Borders and hunger relief programs throughout the world. Since 2014 to date they have donated over $1,000,000 to Doctors Without Borders!!

Conscious Step Socks- not only does every purchase empower the causes you care about in support of a better world, we’ve done better at every step in our production process, so you can feel great about your new favorite socks.

https://consciousstep.com/pages/impact

Basic Spirit is made in Canada

10% OF PROFITS FUND CHARITABLE PROJECTS - PLEASE REFER TO "OUR GIVING"

https://basicspirit.com/our-giving

Thumbprint Hand painted candles

https://www.thumbprintartifacts.com/pages/about-fair-trade-and-our-partners

Secret Philadelphia: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

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History and hermits. Museums and murals. Graveyards and churches and plenty of cheesesteak. These are the secrets of Philadelphia. They reveal a city of curious contradiction, one with a rich history dating back to 1682 but also with an eye on the future.

Come for the Liberty Bell—millions do—but stay for the secrets uncovered in Secret Philadelphia: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure. Journey to the places you’ve never heard of and back to those old haunts you thought you knew, but never like this.

Discover where you can . . .

Enter through a gate full of artistic hands
Peruse art between arrivals and departures
Throw a penny on a Founding Father’s grave (and learn why you should)
Sample a sandwich on both sides of the street
Learn how 19th-century surgeries were performed
Explore the cell where Al Capone paid his debt to society
Discover the cave of the first doomsday cult
Come face to face with the bird that inspired two famous authors
Follow the footsteps of famous boxers—both real and fictional
Encounter the real heroes of the Revolution
Greet neighbors in the oldest neighborhood in the country
Roam through dinosaurs and walk away with a butterfly
See slides of Einstein’s brain

From the festive fantasy of the Mummers to the disturbing reality of the Mütter, Philadelphia is a city with stories to tell. Uncover your own favorites in the pages of Secret Philadelphia.

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Secret Philadelphia: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

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