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Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, 1793
“Town street scavengers from life,” Kollner, 1844
Ash dumping house, 2nd floor, 15th and Wood St.
‘Gillette, All By Himself, Gets Fine New Idea On Germ Slaying’
State Street pipeline construction, 1904
Jar of raw sewage before treatment, 2000
Northeast Sewage Plant opening, 1951
Swimmers at Pier 126, Delaware River, July 15, 1918
Allegheny Avenue Sewer at Pier 126, 1918
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