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

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, May 30, 1796

Plan of Philadelphia, John Hills, 1796

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Wingohocking Sewer across Penn St.

Frankford borough map, 1845

Map of Frankford Borough, 1845

Philadelphia Navy Yard, July 1872

Hopkins Darby 1877 map

Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1877

History of Belfield (1934)

Anglers Club member Louis Cook with a 16lb mirror carp caught in Wissahickon Creek

Photos from the Philadelphia Anglers’ Club

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

Centre Square Water Works, Drawings of Intake Basin

Centre Square Water Works, Frederick Graff, Sr. Plans, 1799

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, portrait by Filippo Costaggini, 1880

Centre Square Water Works, Latrobe Plans, 1799

Visionary planning report for Philadelphia region, 1928