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Map Lovers’ Monday: Philadelphia in 1957, according to the Pennsy

Overbrook, as it was. A brief history of the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, focusing on changes in the natural landscape.

Cobbs Creek in the Days of the Old Powder Mill

Schuylkill River Harbor Police Report, 1884

Black-and-white image of two young women hugging

Scenes on 44th Street Photo Album, 1914-1916

Black-and-white photo of a man with a mustache and two girls in dresses and hats walking through an empty intersection.

Coming from West Philadelphia Station, April 18, 1914

Black-and-white photo of two young women standing in the street in front of a large house and many trees

Two young women at 44th and Spruce, April 18, 1914

Black-and-white photo of three women standing on a sidewalk in front of a row of houses.

Minetta, her sister, and an older woman, S. 44th St, April 30, 1916

Black-and-white photo of a young woman in a long dress standing next to a sign in front of a house.

Girl and “Sample House” sign, 313 S. 44th St., April 30, 1916

Black-and-white photo of a young woman wearing a large coat and black hat in front of a house with a yard.

Minetta Baker, southwest corner of 44th and Spruce, October 1917

Black-and-white photo of young woman in white coat in front of large house

Young woman in white coat, 320 S. 44th Street, April 1914

Black-and-white photo of two young men inside a possibly abandoned house

Two young men, April 19, 1914