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Nine visiting nurses ready for work, ca. 1909

Nine visiting nurses ready for work, ca. 1909

Front and Market, 1881

Front St. and Market St., 1881

Immigrant family, ca. 1900

Immigrant family, ca. 1900, nurse in black

A man fishing from the banks of the Schuylkill River

Fishing in the Schuylkill

Swimmers at Pier 126, Delaware River July 15, 1918

Swimmers at Pier 126, Delaware River, July 15, 1918

Photo of Allegheny Avenue Sewer, Pier 126, Delaware River, July 15, 1918

Allegheny Avenue Sewer at Pier 126, 1918

Black-and-white photo of privies, waterless wells used to collect human waste

Privies, Emerald Street, 1919