Buildings
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Jacob R. Elfreth Jr. diariesThis collection is composed of 64 volumes of the bound, handwritten diaries of Jacob R. Elfreth, Jr. The majority of entries detail day-to day activities; family news, news of Elfreth's carpet business, attendance at Quaker meetings, social calls, accounts of weather, and births, deaths, and marriages within the Quaker community. He also records and draws Philadelphia buildings which are being torn down.
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The great elm tree of Shackamaxon (now Kensington)George Lehman engraving, between 1840 and 1870. The scene includes people, animals, boats on the Delaware and a view of Philadelphia as well as the treaty elm.
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Philadelphia City Hall1905 Photograph
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18th and Cumberland Sts.Photograph by unknown artist, 1915.
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Urban Playground, Philadelphia1995 photo by Harvey Finkle.
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Untitled, (Kensington)Nancy Hellebrand photo, c. 1985.
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Accident, Broad and Fisher Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.Stephen Bye, 1981
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Manayunk CanalRandy Bye photograph, 1986.
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Philadelphia sceneDox Thrash carbon ground print, ca. 1930s
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Falls Bridge (Philadelphia)Ron Tarver photograph, 1997.
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Untitled Philadelphia Area WaterfallCharles L. Mitchell, platinum print photograph, 1890.
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Welcoming Freedom, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.Stephen Perloff photograph, 1989.
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Colonial Style Building in PhiladelphiaWilliam Herman Rau, albumen photograph, c. 1900
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Detail of Door of Colonial Style Building in PhiladelphiaWilliam Herman Rau, albumen photograph, c. 1900
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PhiladelphiaRobert Asman, 1979. Photograph, from the portfolio "Urban Trees."
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Philadelphia, Morris Ave.Peter Sekaer, photograph, c. 1938-1939.
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Philadelphia, Pa, 1702F.J. Wade, color lithograph, from the Centennial City.
People in Philadelphia
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Two Boys, North 26th Street near West Fletcher StreetDaniel Traub photograph, 2008
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Mummers, Phila.Sol Mednick, photograph, 1950s
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Party Scene, Phila.Sol Mednick, photograph, 1950s.
William Penn
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William Penn's First Arrival in PennsylvaniaArnold Anderson, drawing, 1931.
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Penn's Treaty with the IndiansBenjamin West, engraving, 1775.