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1850-1900
Thomas Meehan, city councilman
Map Showing Districts, Boroughs & Townships Incorporated in Consolidation of Philadelphia in 1854
Ground Plan, Great Central Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia
Privy Cleaning Receipt, 1885
“A Decidedly Mixed Drink,” April 6, 1899
Images from “A Day in the Ma’sh” by Maurice F. Egan, Scribner’s Monthly, July 1881
A Day in the Ma’sh – Still Useful
A Day in the Ma’sh – Low Tide
A Day in the Ma’sh – At CLXIV Canal Boat St.
A Day in the Ma’sh – In The Old Cabin Home
A Day in the Ma’sh – A Pusher
A Day in the Ma’sh – Frontispiece
Wood truss drawbridge, Orthodox Street over Frankford Creek, 1899 [Detail]
Bridge Street Draw, construction of piers, ca. 1896
Bridge Street Draw, Cofferdam, ca 1896 [Detail]
Bridge Street Draw, looking north, ca. 1896
Bridge Street Draw, southeast corner property, June 12, 1896
Bridge Street Draw. Southwest side of bridge. April 19, 1896. [Detail of people].
Bridge Street Draw. Southwest side of bridge. April 19, 1896. [Detail].
Bridge Street Draw, April 19, 1896. [Detail of men]
“A Forty-Acre Water Basin,” The Times, June 14, 1883
“Another reservoir site chosen,” April 26, 1883
Centennial Exhibition situation plan, 1876
Philadelphia Water Department chief engineer John Trautwine Jr., 1890s
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