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A Day in the Ma’sh – Frontispiece

Frontispiece and first page of Maurice Egan's "A Day in the Ma'sh" from Scribner's Monthly, July 1881.

Item Type
Publisher
Keyword
Temporal Coverage
Neighborhood
Format (Medium)

Drawing and text

File Size

148 kb

Image Dimensions

607 x 900 px

“Every city holds out-of-the-way places unknown to the mere sojourner within its gates, and full of local oddities and delights which the stranger, however experienced, can never share with the citizen. To the casual visitor in Philadelphia the cabalistic word “The Neck,” and the piquant phrase “Down in the Ma’sh,” convey no meaning.”