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1850-1900
Ground Plan, Great Central Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia
Images from “A Day in the Ma’sh” by Maurice F. Egan, Scribner’s Monthly, July 1881
A Day in the Ma’sh – Rail-Shooting
A Day in the Ma’sh – Bell Snicklin’
In The Storm’s Track, Philadelphia Record, 1882-09-25
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, Cofferdam, ca. 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].
“A Forty-Acre Water Basin,” The Times, June 14, 1883
“Philadelphie,” Bird’s Eye View, 1855
Schuylkill steamship excursions ad, 1852
The Shield passing the site of Philadelphia (Watson’s Annals)
Penn’s Treaty with the Indians (Watson’s Annals)
Penn Landing at Blue Anchor, from Watson’s Annals