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Historic resources from our archives - images, maps, documents, and more.

PWD's Jason Cruz holds a striped bass

PWD’s Jay Cruz with a striped bass

Schuylkill River at Rockland Landing (Picturesque America)

Gritty and the Phanatic in Ida’s Floodwaters

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

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

The City and Port of Philadelphia on the River Delaware from Kensington, 1800

Ornate black-and-white title page to the 1836 sheet music for The Fairmount Quadrilles

The Fairmount Quadrilles, 1836

Black-and-white newspaper ad advertising "Delightfully Romantic Schuylkill Excursions"

Schuylkill steamship excursions ad, 1852

Race Bridge, Fair Mount Water Works, 1834 (Graff05.63)

Race Bridge, Fairmount Water Works, 1834

A black-and-white image of a small ship with white sails on a river in front of a landscape of trees and the riverbank

The Shield passing the site of Philadelphia (Watson’s Annals)

Pegg's Run

Pegg’s Run, Northern Liberties (Watson’s Annals)