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

Black-and-white image of a man in a boat with a long pole

A Day in the Ma’sh – A Pusher

Black-and-white drawing of several dogs on a porch with a baby behind them

A Day in the Ma’sh – Outdoor Tenants

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

A Day in the Ma’sh – Oil Refinery

Black-and-white image of two men in a boat with guns

A Day in the Ma’sh – Rail-Shooting

30th Street Sewer

30th Street Sewer

Gillette Schuylkill mud cartoon

‘Gillette, All By Himself, Gets Fine New Idea On Germ Slaying’

Sketch of aquarium in former FWW building, interior, ca. 1950

Standard Philadelphia (B) Hydrant (2004.057.022.1075)

Standard Philadelphia (B) Hydrant

Stand Pipe of Philadelphia Water Works

Water Works Standpipe, 1853

Centerfold of 1955 brochure depicting the Southeast Sewage Treatment Works

Southeast Sewage Treatment Works diagram, 1955

A list of rules governing the sanitary maintenance of privy vaults in Philadelphia in 1915

Privy Regulations