North Philadelphia History Festival: "(Return Home) Installation w/ Friends of the Tanner House"

The North Philadelphia History Festival (NPHF) is a cultural celebration of the African American and Puerto Rican communities in North Philadelphia. Across four days, historic sites along Ridge Avenue, North Broad Street and other locales will be transformed into living exhibits created by artists, historians, curators and other cultural workers. These multimedia projects and events will explore the emergence and impact of these communities in the 19th and 20th century.

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(Return Home) Installation w/ Friends of the Tanner House
Artist: Christopher R. Rogers, Ph.D
Category: Visual Installation
Location: 2908 W Diamond Street
Date & Time: Thursday July 24th - Sunday July 27th

Supported by the North Philadelphia History Festival, Scribe Video Center partners with the Friends of the Tanner House for a unique temporary exhibition on the exterior facade of 2908 W. Diamond St, installing historical images of the Tanner family as redesign and rehabilitation efforts of the home continue into 2026. The exhibition is named for Tanner’s Crossing the Atlantic (Return Home) (1894).