philadelphia pa

Fac-simile of Holmes-map of the province of Pennsylvania : with the na...

Shows rural landholders' names and lots in the Philadelphia region. Alternate title at top: A map of the improved part of the province of Pennsylvania in America : begun by William Penn, proprietor and governor... More

Plan of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts

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New edition of MacBeth. Bank-oh's! Ghost

Another satire on the Panic of 1837, again condemning Van Buren's continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies as the source of the crisis. Clay shows the president haunted by the ghost of C... More

Knock'd into a cock'd hat - Public domain scan / print

Zachary Taylor's presidential nomination at the Whig national convention in Philadelphia on June 9, 1848, is represented as a severe blow to Lewis Cass, nominated by the Democrats a few weeks earlier. The extre... More

East view of Philadelphiadelphia, Pennsylva. and part of Camden, New J...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Camden, New Jersey in the foreground, with many buildings of commercial and residential nature, the Delaware River with steamboats and ships, and a view from the east of Philade... More

U.S. Government Building, International Exhibition, 1876--Fairmont Par...

Illus. in: Album of the International exhibition at Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the United States of America. New York : J. Bien, 1875, plate 14. Copyright by Schwarzmann & Pohl, architects.

First steam fire engine, and trip hammer

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The permanent exhibition, Philadelphia--Opening day / drawn by F.B. Sc...

Crowd of people in the Main Building of the Centennial Fair, Philadelphia. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 21, no. 1065 (1877 May 26), p. 413.

G.A.R. Reunion, Philadelphia., 1899; General view of encampment

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The beauties of Fairmount Park Philadelphia

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Philadelphia - Carpenters' Hall

Poster promoting tourism, showing Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen celebrate their victory over the Black K...

Philadelphia, Pa. (Dec. 06, 2003) U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen celebrate their victory over the Black Knights of Army 34-6, following the 104th playing of the Army Navy game at Lincoln Financial Field, Philade... More

Navy Cheerleaders take to the field ahead of the navy Midshipman at th...

Philadelphia, Pa. (Dec. 06, 2003) Navy Cheerleaders take to the field ahead of the navy Midshipman at the start of the 104th Army Navy Game. The Navy went on to defeat the Black Knights of Army by a score of 34... More

Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Michelle Howard delivers re...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Feb. 19, 2016) Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Michelle Howard delivers remarks at the Stars and Stripes dinner to honor Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) winners. The event ... More

Philadelphia Sanitary Fair, June 1864, Pennsylvania, 19th century ster...

Photograph shows a display draped with flags and other items at the fair sponsored by the United States Sanitary Commission. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanf... More

Library and Surgeons Hall, in Fifth Street Philadelphia.

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Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Ca...

Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed ... More

A mill-dam, Frankford Creek, [Pa.] Scornful of a check, it leaps the m...

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Philadelphia Navy Yard. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia PA.

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Bird's-eye view: Philadelphia and Girard College.

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Chestnut Street, above Fourth, north side.

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Spring Garden E. from Broad Street.

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Grape arbor at Germantown. Philadelphia PA. 19th century stereoscope c...

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Chestnut Street. Philadelphia PA. 19th century stereoscope card.

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View from Laurel Hill cemetery, Phila.

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Flat Rock tunnel, Reading R.R., length 940 feet.

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Chestnut Street, above Fourth, south side.

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The procession moving on Broad Street.

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Cleveland's delegation in colonial dress, Elks parade, Philadelphia, J...

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City Hall and John Wanamakers, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.

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12 inch shaping machine, traveling head. Bement & Dougherty, builders.

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Dr. Willett's church, Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, 19th century Phi...

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Christ Church [interior]. Philadelphia, Penn'a. Stereoscope card, 19th...

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Broad Street Presbyterian Church. Broad below Spring St.

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Sewing machines, Grover & Baker S. M. Co.

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Christ Church (Protestant Episcopal), Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, ...

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West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church. South-west corner of Spruce an...

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Saint Philip's Church, (Protestant Episcopal). Vine Street, north side...

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

The General Assembly of 1861. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelp...

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

University of Penn'a. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia PA.

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Carved elephant's tusk. Supported on ebony pedestal, eleborately carve...

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Coining presses, Government Mint, Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, 19th...

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Philadelphia, Mint assay furnace. Stereoscope card, 19th century Phila...

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

U. S. Mint. Philadelphia PA. 19th century stereoscope card.

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Mercantile Library, Philadelphia, Pa. Stereoscope card, 19th century P...

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Post Office, Chestnut Street. (Instantaneous) Philadelphia PA. 19th ce...

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U. S. Mint. Philadelphia PA. 19th century stereoscope card.

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Custom House, Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia...

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Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelp...

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Masonic Temple. Philadelphia PA. 19th century stereoscope card.

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New Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. Egyptian room, west.

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New Masonic Temple, Philadelphia. Main entrance.

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New city building, Philadelphia. Views of construction in sub-basement...

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Philadelphia Water Works. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia P...

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An icy mirror. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia PA.

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Water Works, Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia ...

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Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, 19th century Ph...

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Water Works, Fairmount Park, Phila. Pa.

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The Schuylkill, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, 19th c...

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View at Fairmount. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia PA.

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Fairmount Falls. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia PA.

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Iron Spring, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.

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[View of Fairmount Park in winter.]

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

N.W. from Coates St. Entrance. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadel...

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On the Wissahickon. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia PA.

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Girard Avenue bridge. Philadelphia PA. 19th century stereoscope card.

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Schuylkill Falls. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia PA.

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Lemon Hill Mansion. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia PA.

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Centennial building. General view. Centennial building, Machinery Hall...

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Cliveden, The Chew Mansion, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Congress Hall and New Theatre, in Chesnut Street, Philadelphia

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Grape arbor at Germantown. Philadelphia PA. 19th century stereoscope c...

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Third Street, below Chestnut, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Chestnut Street, above Fourth, [south side].

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Suspension bridge, Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philad...

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Custom House, Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia...

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Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. (Park steamer at landing.)

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Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia. Stereoscope card, 19th century Ph...

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Terrace Walk. Stereoscope card, 19th century Philadelpia PA.

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

The nations bulwark. A well disciplined militia

A satire on the Philadelphia militia, the first and apparently only number issued in a projected series of "Sketches of Character" by Edward Williams Clay. In the center an officer reviews a disorderly line of ... More

View of the ground and buildings, International Exhibition, 1876, Fair...

Bird's-eye view of buildings and grounds of the International Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pa. G4596 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Lineaweaver & Wallace, 1876. Library has two impressions. Second impressi... More

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia / J. Bachman, del. & lith.

Bird's-eye view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the Schuykill River in the foreground. Copyright by John Weik. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Panoramic maps (2n... More

Plan of the city of Philadelphia. - Public domain map

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Uncle Sam sick with la grippe - Drawing. Public domain image.

A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... More

Machinery Hall, International Exhibition, 1876--Fairmont Park, Philade...

Illus. in: Album of the International exhibition at Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the United States of America. New York : J. Bien, 1875, plate 10. Copyright by Schwarzmann & Pohl, architects.

Bird's eye view, International Exhibition, 1876--Fairmont Park, Philad...

Illus. in: Album of the International exhibition at Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the United States of America. New York : J. Bien, 1875, plate 7. Copyright by Sydney Smirke.

July 4th, 1876. The Centennial celebration in Philadelphia - The Seven...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1876, July 22, 1876, p. 333.

Mummers, New Year's Day, Philadelphia, PA.

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Hammond's bird's-eye view map of Philadelphia and vicinity /

F51816 U.S. Copyright Office Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 831.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Army and Navy football players meet in the center of the field to cong...

Philadelphia, Pa. (Dec. 06, 2003) Army and Navy football players meet in the center of the field to congratulate each other on a good game following the conclusion of the 104th meeting of Army and Navy. The Nav... More

Rear Admiral Jeffrey Fowler, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, talks...

Philadelphia, Pa. (Jul. 14, 2004) Rear Admiral Jeffrey Fowler, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, talks to a delegate at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention in Phi... More

Navy and USMC leadershp at 105th Army Navy game.

Philadelphia, Pa. (Dec. 04, 2004) From left to right, Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vern Clark, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Michael W. Hagee, and Superintendent... More

Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, Rear Adm. Jeffrey Fowler, greets c...

Philadelphia, Pa. (Apr. 25, 2005) Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, Rear Adm. Jeffrey Fowler, greets children at General George McCall Elementary School. Fowler participated in a presentation of the "Don't Tr... More

Navy coach Paul Johnson congratulates the team following a 42-23 victo...

Philadelphia, Pa. (Dec. 03, 2005) Navy coach Paul Johnson congratulates the team following a 42-23 victory over the Black Knights of Army. This was the 106th Army vs. Navy Football game, held for the third cons... More

A view of the first cities of the United States; [Detail of Baltimore ...

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Children Dept. i.e. Department, photographed by the American Stereosco...

Photograph shows an exhibit area draped with flags at the fair sponsored by the United States Sanitary Commission in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanfor... More

74TH BITHDAY OF U.S. GRANT [held by] UNION LEAGUE [at] "PHILADELPHIA, ...

Bayley & Co.'s jewelry store [interior view], 819 Chestnut St., Philad...

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Colosseum. (# 8) Philadelphia PA. 19th century stereoscope card.

Philadelphia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who... More

Colosseum. (# 10) Philadelphia PA. 19th century stereoscope card.

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