Item Types Drawing

An artistic work executed using charcoal, pencil, pastels, crayons, and other dry media.

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Cartoon depicting William Penn toasting the Devil with a glass of filtered water

“Speeding the Parting Guest,” Feb. 25, 1909

William Penn balks at drinking the "mixed drink" offered him: Schuylkill water, mixed with pollution from the upstream sources named. Editorial cartoon by Fred Morgan, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6, 1899. One of a series of cartoons drawn by Morgan protesting the state of the city's drinking water and trying to encourage the passage of legislation authorizing the construction of a water filtration system.

“A Decidedly Mixed Drink,” April 6, 1899

This Philadelphia street scene, with dogs facing off with pigs for a pile of tasty garbage, was captured by artist Augustus Kollner in 1844, but would have been very familiar to 18th-century Philadelphians.

“Town street scavengers from life,” Kollner, 1844

Map of London after the Great Fire of 1666 (Museum of London)

London after the Great Fire, 1666

Water, Water Everywhere – Philadelphia Record, 1937-03-14

Black-and-white drawing of several dim houses with chimneys emitting smoke and trees and marshland around them

A Day in the Ma’sh – Untitled (p. 352)

Black-and-white image of a covered dock slanting down to the water with a house in front of it

A Day in the Ma’sh – Still Useful

Black-and-white image showing three small houses, some small boats, weeds, and trees

A Day in the Ma’sh – Low Tide

Black-and-white drawing of two cabins with a wooden walkway in front

A Day in the Ma’sh – At CLXIV Canal Boat St.

Black-and-white drawing of the exterior of a small cabin showing the porch and yard

A Day in the Ma’sh – A Trucker’s Farm Yard

Black-and-white drawing of the interior of a humble cabin

A Day in the Ma’sh – In The Old Cabin Home

Black-and-white image of a man in a boat with a long pole

A Day in the Ma’sh – A Pusher

Black-and-white drawing of several dogs on a porch with a baby behind them

A Day in the Ma’sh – Outdoor Tenants

Black-and-white image of a refinery with smokestacks emitting smoke

A Day in the Ma’sh – Oil Refinery

Black-and-white image of two men in a boat with guns

A Day in the Ma’sh – Rail-Shooting

30th Street Sewer

30th Street Sewer

Gillette Schuylkill mud cartoon

‘Gillette, All By Himself, Gets Fine New Idea On Germ Slaying’

Sketch of aquarium in former FWW building, interior, ca. 1950

Standard Philadelphia (B) Hydrant (2004.057.022.1075)

Standard Philadelphia (B) Hydrant

Stand Pipe of Philadelphia Water Works

Water Works Standpipe, 1853

Centerfold of 1955 brochure depicting the Southeast Sewage Treatment Works

Southeast Sewage Treatment Works diagram, 1955

A list of rules governing the sanitary maintenance of privy vaults in Philadelphia in 1915

Privy Regulations