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

Appletons' Journal Schuylkill, 1869

Fairmount and Schuylkill, Appletons’ Journal, 1869

Black-and-white etching of the Wire Bridge at Fairmount, 1873

Wire Bridge at Fairmount, with canal lock and esplanade (Picturesque America)

Wire Bridge at Fairmount

Schuylkill Navigation lock at Fairmount (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River at Rockland Landing (Picturesque America)

Schuylkill River from below the South Street Bridge, 1873

Drive Along the Wissahickon

Drive along the Wissahickon Creek Vallley (Picturesque America)

Ghosts of Water in Fairmount Park, Part II, with Adam Levine

Black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and standing on a bridge with his arm on a post

Two Frankford Creek Bridges, 1896-1899

Visionary planning report for Philadelphia region, 1928

Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge at Manayunk, about 1895

Gritty and the Phanatic in Ida’s Floodwaters

Southeast Corner of Third and Market Streets, Philadelphia

Southeast Corner of Third and Market, Philadelphia