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

Fairmount Gardens, with the Schuylkill Bridge. This 1839 engraving, published in London, shows a view of the South Garden from the walkways that brought visitors up the cliffside to the overlooks at the height of the reservoirs. The fountain used the pressure of the reservoirs and was a a delightful refreshment in hot weather, and a wonder at all times. One anachronistic element of this engraving is the Upper Ferry Bridge, which burned the year before the print was published. Harding’s Hotel, a popular resort, is at the western end of the bridge.

Fairmount Gardens with the Schuylkill Bridge, 1839

State House Garden, Philadelphia, 1800

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

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

Race Bridge, Fairmount Water Works, 1834

View of Fairmount Water Works, ca. 1827

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)

Penn's Treaty with the Lenape

Penn’s Treaty with the Indians (Watson’s Annals)

Pegg's Run

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

Benezet House Clarke Hall Chestnut St. Bridge

Benezet House, Clarke’s Hall, and Chestnut St. Bridge (Watson’s Annals)

Dock Creek Watson's Annals

Drawbridge and Dock Creek, Watson’s Annals

Bathsheba's Bath

Bathsheba’s Bath and Bower