Topics City Life

Birch’s Views of Philadelphia, 1800

Color image of a grassy field with trees and buildings surrounding it and white lines drawn on the grass mimicking the path of a creek.

Drawing Dock Creek

Indoor plumbing in mid-19th century Philadelphia

Black-and-white image of a creek with people around it and a large building behind it

Dock Creek Sewer in 1849: A report on its condition made to City Councils

Second Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street, Philadelphia

Preparation for War to Defend Commerce

Bank of Pennsylvania, South Second Street, Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Hospital in Pine Street

Goal (jail) in Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 1800

State House Garden, Philadelphia, 1800

Back of the State House, Philadelphia, 1800

Congress Hall and New Theatre in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia