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Old U. S. Navy Yard
Thomas Meehan, city councilman
Navy Yard on the Delaware River (Picturesque America)
Philadelphia Navy Yard, July 1872
Ground Plan, Great Central Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia
“Speeding the Parting Guest,” Feb. 25, 1909
“A Decidedly Mixed Drink,” April 6, 1899
Sewer Demand Taken to City Hall, 7/25/32
Battle of Germantown map, 1777
Preparation for War to Defend Commerce
Goal (jail) in Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 1800
Congress Hall and New Theatre in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Library and Surgeon’s Hall in Fifth Street, Philadelphia, 1800
1779 Revolutionary War-era map of Philadelphia and environs
‘Gillette, All By Himself, Gets Fine New Idea On Germ Slaying’
Portrait of Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor
State Sen. James P. McNichol
Philadelphia Water Department chief engineer John Trautwine Jr., 1890s
Northeast Sewage Plant opening, 1951
City officials tour new interceptor sewer, 1953