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Water History: Rebirth of the Rivers
“Speeding the Parting Guest,” Feb. 25, 1909
Typhoid fever deaths, 1860-1936
“A Decidedly Mixed Drink,” April 6, 1899
Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, 1793
London after the Great Fire, 1666
Bill for Privy Cleaning, 1869
Sewer Demand Taken to City Hall, 7/25/32
Pennsylvania Hospital in Pine Street
PWD water tech at the Philly Home Show, 1960 (detail)
Lab tech, water cleaning demo, Philly Home Show, 1960
‘Gillette, All By Himself, Gets Fine New Idea On Germ Slaying’
Nine visiting nurses ready for work, ca. 1909
Immigrant family, ca. 1900, nurse in black
Allegheny Avenue Sewer at Pier 126, 1918
Privy Regulations
McConnell Germ-Proof Filters ad (crop)