Neighborhoods North Philadelphia

Plan of the City of Philadelphia and Adjoining Districts, 1830

Plan of the City of Philadelphia and Adjoining Districts, 1830

Map of the County of Philadelphia from Actual Survey, 1843

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

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

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

Black-and-white photo of privies, waterless wells used to collect human waste

Privies, Emerald Street, 1919