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

Cumberland Street pipeline, 1907

Bureau of Water, Cumberland, west of 13th Street, pipe line, 1907

Samuel H. Ashbridge, former Mayor of Philadelphia

Portrait of Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor

State Sen James P. McNichol, 1905-1916

State Sen. James P. McNichol

Picture of John Trautwine, Jr.

Philadelphia Water Department chief engineer John Trautwine Jr., 1890s

Nine visiting nurses ready for work, ca. 1909

Nine visiting nurses ready for work, ca. 1909

Front and Market, 1881

Front St. and Market St., 1881

Immigrant family, ca. 1900

Immigrant family, ca. 1900, nurse in black

1855 litho of Philadelphia (Philaedelphie - French printing)

“Philadelphie,” Bird’s Eye View, 1855

Old Rosin the Beau for the Falcon Barge, J.C. Beckell (2008.001.0047)

Old Rosin the Beau, title page, 1838

Black-and-white newspaper ad advertising "Delightfully Romantic Schuylkill Excursions"

Schuylkill steamship excursions ad, 1852

Tinted image of a single-arch bridge over a river with landscape in the distance

Lancaster/Schuylkill Bridge (Upper Ferry Bridge)

Race Bridge, Fair Mount Water Works, 1834 (Graff05.63)

Race Bridge, Fairmount Water Works, 1834