Subjects Landscape

Maps, etchings, newspaper clippings and other images and documents covering the natural landscape of Philadelphia and surrounding areas throughout more than 300 years of history.

Fairmount Water Works: The Surprising History of an American Landmark

Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia front and center

Philadelphia from Belmont, West Park (Picturesque America)

Smith’s and Windmill Islands

Visionary planning report for Philadelphia region, 1928

Black-and-white drawing of two cabins with a wooden walkway in front

A Day in the Ma’sh – At CLXIV Canal Boat St.

The City and Port of Philadelphia on the River Delaware from Kensington, 1800

View of Fairmount Water Works, ca. 1827

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)

Pegg's Run

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

Dock Creek Watson's Annals

Drawbridge and Dock Creek, Watson’s Annals