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

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

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

Water, Water Everywhere – Philadelphia Record, 1937-03-14

Black-and-white image of a refinery with smokestacks emitting smoke

A Day in the Ma’sh – Oil Refinery