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

Fairmount, bird's eye view from Lemon Hill (detail)

Fairmount Park, bird’s eye view from Lemon Hill, detail

“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

New Mill House at Fairmount (2008.001.0046)

New Mill House at Fairmount

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

Schuylkill steamship excursions ad, 1852

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

Race Bridge, Fairmount Water Works, 1834

View of Fairmount Water Works, ca. 1827

New Plan of Philadelphia, John A. Paxton, 1811

Upper Darby map, G.M. Hopkins 1877

Upper Darby map, 1877

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)

Pegg's Run

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