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

Photograph of Roberts Mill on Wingohocking Creek in Germantown, built in the late 17th century. (Photograph by J. C. Browne, 1871. Castner Collection/Free Library of Philadelphia)

Roberts Mill, Wingohocking Creek, 1871

Old U. S. Navy Yard

Old U. S. Navy Yard

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873

Coal Depot, Richmond, on the Delaware (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873

Black-and-white image showing a factory, smokestacks and smoke, and streets

Dobson’s Mill, 1884, from History of Philadelphia by Scharf & Wescott

Leicester Knitting Mills, Charles Spencer & Co.

Charles Spencer & Co., Leicester Knitting Mills, Germantown, Philadelphia

Henry Disston & Sons, Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works, 1884 (2004.007.0005)

Henry Disston & Sons Keystone Saw Works

Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1884

Baldwin Locomotive Works

William Wood & Co., Manufacturer of cotton and woollen goods

William Wood & Co., Manufacturer of Cotton and Woollen Goods, Philadelphia, PA