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

View of Fairmount Water Works, ca. 1827

New Plan of Philadelphia, John A. Paxton, 1811

A black-and-white image of a small ship with white sails on a river in front of a landscape of trees and the riverbank

The Shield passing the site of Philadelphia (Watson’s Annals)

Penn's Treaty with the Lenape

Penn’s Treaty with the Indians (Watson’s Annals)

Penn landing at Chester

Penn landing at Chester (Watson’s Annals)

Pegg's Run

Pegg’s Run, Northern Liberties (Watson’s Annals)

Benezet House Clarke Hall Chestnut St. Bridge

Benezet House, Clarke’s Hall, and Chestnut St. Bridge (Watson’s Annals)

Dock Creek Watson's Annals

Drawbridge and Dock Creek, Watson’s Annals

Delaware Caves

Caves and inhabitants on the Delaware River, Watson’s Annals

Six people and dozens of sandbags performing a load test on a concrete pipe, 1914

Pipe Test, 1914

Photo of a woman looking at a jar of raw, untreated sewage

Jar of raw sewage before treatment, 2000

A man fishing from the banks of the Schuylkill River

Fishing in the Schuylkill