Subjects Street scene

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Cobbs Creek in the Days of the Old Powder Mill

The Worry of the Wires

Black-and-white image of several young people along with a news article

2,000 Turn Out for ‘Be-In’ To Promote ‘Flower Power’

Gritty and the Phanatic in Ida’s Floodwaters

Dauphin and Sydenham car crash, Jan. 17, 1978

“Fairmount Waterworks. From the forebay.” (From nature & on stone G. Lehman; Published by C.G. Childs & G. Lehman, 1833. Free Library of Philadelphia, Print & Picture Collection)

Fairmount Water Works from the forebay, 1833

Fourth of July in Centre Square, John Lewis Krimmel, ca. 1812. The wooden statue in the fountain, “Allegory of the Schuylkill River (Water Nymph and Bittern)”, was carved in 1809 by Philadelphia sculptor William Rush.

Fourth of July, Centre Square, ca. 1812

Second Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street, Philadelphia

A section of wooden water pipe, long out of service, removed from a Philadelphia street in 1901. It had been installed about 1801.

Wooden Water Pipe, removed from Market Street, December 6, 1901

This Philadelphia street scene, with dogs facing off with pigs for a pile of tasty garbage, was captured by artist Augustus Kollner in 1844, but would have been very familiar to 18th-century Philadelphians.

“Town street scavengers from life,” Kollner, 1844

Southeast Corner of Third and Market Streets, Philadelphia

Southeast Corner of Third and Market, Philadelphia

Black-and-white image of two young women hugging

View from front of 322 S. 44th, April 18, 1914

Black and white photo of a man wearing a hat and standing on a bridge with his arm on a post

Wood truss drawbridge, Orthodox Street over Frankford Creek, 1899 [Detail]

Black and white photo of two men facing the camera and several facing away while standing and sitting on a board

Bridge Street Draw, construction of piers, ca. 1896

Black and white photo of a man checking his watch in front of a creek with construction around it

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].

Bridge Street Draw, April 19, 1896. [Detail of men]

Goal (jail) in Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 1800

Back of the State House, Philadelphia, 1800

Congress Hall and New Theatre in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

Library and Surgeon’s Hall in Fifth Street, Philadelphia, 1800

Bank of the United States, in Third Street, Philadelphia