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

Color image of a sheet of newsprint showing headlines

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Book 5

Color image of a sheet of old newspaper displaying headlines and type

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Book 4

Color image of a page of newsprint with several black-and-white images included

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Book 3

Color image of an old sheet of newsprint

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Book 2

Black-and-white image shows black text on a white background

Holmesburg Scrapbooks, Introduction and Table of Contents

Frankford Creek Overflows, 11/1/32

Sewer Demand Taken to City Hall, 7/25/32

Reproduction of a long newspaper clipping showing headlines and text

In The Storm’s Track, Philadelphia Record, 1882-09-25

“A Forty-Acre Water Basin,” The Times, June 14, 1883

“Another reservoir site chosen,” April 26, 1883

Philadelphia Underground, Jan. 29, 1961

“Philadelphia Underground,” Jan. 29, 1961

Sewer Crawlers, Jan. 29, 1961

“Sewer Crawlers,” January 29, 1961