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

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

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

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

A Day in the Ma’sh – Rail-Shooting

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)

Dock Creek and Blue Anchor Inn

Penn Landing at Blue Anchor, from Watson’s Annals

A man fishing from the banks of the Schuylkill River

Fishing in the Schuylkill