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A map of the improved part of the Province of Pennsilvania in America ...

Shows rural landholders' names, lot lines, and proprietary manors. Map content (as of 1687) does not differ from earlier eds. Title from upper border. Statement of dedication at upper left:To the worthey Willia... More

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

A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into cou...

Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. First issue. From the Rosenwald Collection, no. 1308. Includes indexes of landholders, inset of "The City of Philadelphia, t... More

A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into cou...

Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. Third issue. Includes indexes of landholders, inset of "The city of Philadelphia, two miles in length and one in breadth," a... More

A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into cou...

Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. First issue. Includes indexes of landholders, inset of "The city of Philadelphia, two miles in length and one in breadth," a... More

A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into cou...

Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into cou...

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A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent : with a perspective view of ...

Rural buildings shown pictorially with occupants' names. First state of the 1st ed. (without the name "West Jersey" at lower right). Signed in ink on cloth backing: Alex. Stuart. Available also through the Libr... More

A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent, /

From Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 23, 1753 p. 373. Includes table of distances "The distances of particular places in this map, from the court house." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1306 Available also thro... More

The Pennsylvania gazette, May 9, 1754

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To the mayor, recorder, aldermen, common council, and freemen of Phila...

Scale ca. 1:4,900. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes illus. of ships in the river, index to points of interest, and insets "A" and "B." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... More

To the mayor, recorder, aldermen, Common Council, and freemen of Phila...

Scale ca. 1:6,100. Title in upper margin: Philadelphia 100 years ago. Facsimile. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Pictorial map. The original "Published according to Act of Parliament Novr. 1st 1762 a... More

Vue du port Philadelphie - dans l'Amérique - graveé d'aprés le tableau...

Print of an idealized, European view of the port of Philadelphia showing buildings on the waterfront of the Delaware River, a boat in the foreground, and a windmill on the right.

In Council of Safety. Philadelphia, November 14th, 1776. 12 o'Clock, T...

In Council of Safety. Philadelphia, November 14th, 1776. 12 o'Clock, T...

A plan of the city of Philadelphia, the capital of Pennsylvania, from ...

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Philadelphie, par Easburn, arpenteur general de Pensilvanie

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Georges Louis le Rouge - Philadelphie, Historic map, Library of Congre...

Scale ca. 1:10,600. Oriented with north toward the right. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1313 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vau... More

In Council of Safety. Philadelphia, November 14th, 1776. 12 o'Clock, T...

Evans 15021.; Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 144, Folder 24.

[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander...

[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander...

[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander...

[Environs of Philadelphia] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collecti...

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A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia

We Are One: William Faden, geographer to King George III, published this map of Philadelphia in March 1777. This map, or one of the earlier versions created by Nicholas Scull and George Heap, may have helped Br... More

Standing orders for the garrison of Philadelphia ... By order of Major...

Arms By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander i...

Positive Photostat.; Evans 15330. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 144, Folder 44.

Philadelphia, December 8, 1777. Regulations under which the inhabitant...

A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent, /

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A plan of the city of Philadelphia. - Public domain map

Scale not given. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Indexed. Appears in The Philadelphia almanack for the year 1778. 1777. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1316 Available also through the Library o... More

Grundriss von Philadelphia der hauptstadt in Pensylvanien und umliegen...

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Standing orders for the garrison of Philadelphia ... By order of Major...

A survey of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing the seve...

Scale 1:14,400; 400 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Annotated: John Montresor, chief engineer. Map sections individually titled: Fort Mifflin on Great Mud Island... More

[Arms] By His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander...

A New and accurate map of the present seat of war in North America, co...

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Standing orders for the garrison of Philadelphia ... By order of Major...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans.; Hildeburn 3636.; On verso: 470; 31. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collecti... More

Seat of war in the environs of Philadelphia:

Scale ca. 1:656,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. "For the London magazine, 1777." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-... More

Philadelphia, December 8, 1777. Regulations under which the inhabitant...

Philadelphia, December 8, 1777. Regulations under which the inhabitant...

Positive Photostat.; Evans 15349. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 144, Folder 45.

Plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing its defences...

Scale ca. 1:14,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. "To the Honble. Sir William Howe K.B. general and commander in chief of all His Majesty's forces within the colonies laying ... More

A map of that part of Pensylvania now the principal seat of war in Ame...

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A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia : with the works and e...

Scale ca. 1:21,000. Shows names of rural landholders. Indexed for public buildings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1327 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AAC... More

A Draught of ten lots of ground in the northern liberties of the city ...

Scale ca. 1:650. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth and paper backing with reinforced edges. Imperfect: Margin deteriorated and torn. Cadastral map. Includes "Annexed coloured plan," ca. 1... More

Plan of the city of Philadelphia. - Public domain map

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To Thomas Mifflin, governor and commander in chief of the state of Pen...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Letter, John Adams to federal department heads ordering the relocation...

Reproduction number: A29 (color slide); LC-MSS-87668-1 (B&W negative) John Adams (1735-1826), second president of the United States, wrote this 15 May 1800 letter to the heads of the various federal departments... More

This plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs (showing the im...

Relief shown by hachures. Also shows all buildings, names of wharves and landings along the Delaware riverbank, wooded areas, and tract lines beyond the city borders. Available also through the Library of Congr... More

To the citizens of Philadelphia, this new plan of the city and its env...

Relief shown by hachures. Selected buildings shown pictorially. Includes indexes and illustrations. State number II, according to Wheat & Brun. Shows some landowners. LC Ward maps, 171 Wheat & Brun 1969, 465 Av... More

A plan of the city of Philadelphia and environs

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To the citizens of Philadelphia, this new plan of the city and its env...

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Map of Philadelphia County : constructed by virtue of an act of the Le...

Carte générale des États-Unis de l'Amérique avec les plans des pri...

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The City of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surroun...

Street planning map. Covers all of Manhattan Island (New York, N.Y.) and substantial parts of adjacent counties in New York and New Jersey. Shows existing and proposed streets; also buildings and other struct... More

The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surroun...

Street planning map of Manhattan. Covers all of Manhattan Island (New York, N.Y.) and substantial parts of adjacent counties in New York and New Jersey. Shows existing and proposed streets; also buildings and o... More

Plan of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts

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Plan of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts : shewing the...

Scale ca. 1:6,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows wards and built-up. Indexed. Accompanied by: Index to the new plan of Philadelphia and adjoining districts, with references to find the streets, ... More

Plan of the city of Philadelphia

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United States slave trade, 1830 - Public domain engraving

An abolitionist print possibly engraved in 1830, but undocumented aside from the letterpress text which appears on an accompanying sheet. The text reads: "United States' slave trade, 1830. The Copper Plate from... More

The Philadelphia visiter's [sic] companion : a new and correct plan of...

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Philadelphia and environs. - Public domain map drawing

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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

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

Philadelphia and environs. - Public domain map drawing

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Panoramic view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sketch shows a panoramic view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing "Girard College" in the upper left, the "Columbia Railroad", and the "Cathedral" in the background (as identified on the mat by Marian S. Car... More

Philadelphia. - Public domain map drawing

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See our torn flag still waving - Public domain book illustration

An illustrated sheet music cover glorifying the nativist cause, produced shortly after the bloody anti-Catholic riots in Kensington, Philadelphia, of May 1844. The song was composed and arranged by James W. Po... More

The three days of May 1844. Columbia mourns her citizens slain

A memorial to nativist casualties of the violent clashes occurring between anti-foreigner "Native Americans" and Irish-American Catholics in Kensington, Philadelphia, May 6 through 8, 1844. The female figure o... More

To the Honourable House of Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylva...

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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

The assassination of the Sage of Ashland

The artist conveys some of the profound disappointment and anger among Henry Clay's many supporters at the nomination of Zachary Taylor at the June 1848 Whig convention in Philadelphia. The convention's act was... More

The available party trying to get their villany endorsed by the every ...

Again partisan bitterness, over the perceived Whig betrayal of Henry Clay's hopes for the presidential nomination and over subsequent efforts to obtain Clay's endorsement of Zachary Taylor's candidacy, is vente... More

Fourth Street and Willings Alley

Photograph shows buildings along the 220 block of Fourth Street at Willings Alley, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a pollarded tree at the curb of Fourth Street. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S.... More

5th and Chestnut Streets, north east corner

Photograph shows a street level view of the corner of 5th and Chestnut Streets, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing the "Druggist" at the corner and "H.J. Pepper & Son" and "Samuel W. Pepper" jewelry and sil... More

South side of Chestnut Street, looking toward 2nd Street

Photograph shows businesses along Chestnut Streets toward the intersection at 2nd Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; from left to right are "William M. Mackin, Tailor", "Job Printing", "Maas Card Job Printin... More

Library of Ferd. Dreer, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

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Eighth Steet below Chestnut, west side

Photograph shows stores and shops on the west side of 8th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

[Studio portrait of two young women.]

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2nd and Chestnut Streets, SW corner

Photograph shows businesses where 2nd and Chestnut Streets intersect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; "William M. Mackin, Tailor", "Job Printing", "Maas Card Job Printing Office", also shows a gas street lamp at ... More

St. Peter's churchyard, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

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Stone family, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope car...

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Chestnut Street - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows businesses where 2nd and Chestnut Streets intersect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; "William M. Mackin, Tailor", "Job Printing", "Maas Card Job Printing Office", also shows a gas street lamp at ... More

An outline of the newly consolidated city, showing the boundaries of t...

Scale not given. Hand colored. "Entered according to act of Congress in February 1854, by R. L. Barnes, in the Clerk's Office of the Distt. Ct. of the Eastn. Dt. of Penna." Includes text. Available also through... More

[Philadelphia] - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of...

Print shows vignette views of prominent buildings in Philadelphia, such as, the Custom House and the Penitentiary, the Alms House and the U.S. Mint, also the Exchange, the Hospital, Independence Hall, Insane As... More

Philadelphiadelphia / des. eng. & pub. by Jas. Queen ; P.S. Duval & Co...

Print shows vignette views of prominent buildings in Philadelphia, such as, the Custom House and the Penitentiary, the Alms House and the U.S. Mint, also the Exchange, the Hospital, Independence Hall, Insane As... More

Panorama of Philadelphia. Chesnut Street, east of Fifth Collins & Aute...

Print shows a portion of Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing business establishments: "L.J. Levy & Comp." at "134", "Bailey & Kitchen", "Broadent & Co's Daguerreotype Rooms", and "Wm. E. Harp... 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

Fourth and Locust streets - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows the Shippen-Wistar house at the corner of Fourth Street and Locust (formerly Prune) Street, showing the main entrance and the Fourth Street side, with the Cadwalader building behind it, facing ... More

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia.

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City & county map of New-York : Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City &...

City street map showing built-up areas, streetcar/railroad lines, river piers (numbered, proprietors identified), municipal wards (numbered), and projected street-system grid to the northern end of Manhattan Is... More

A view of the house no. 322 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, formerly the ...

Photograph shows a street level view of a townhouse on Spruce Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a portion of a Presbyterian church on the left. Caption continues: and also of the west side of the "Sco... More

Independence Hall, interior, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope ca...

On mount: Fairmount Park. No. 123. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington statue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th cent...

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Girard College, rear, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

On mount: Philadelphia, Pa., and Vicinity. No. 1015. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Statue of Washington - front of Independence Hall

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Entrance to Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th century s...

On mount: American Scenery, Philadelphia. On verso: Gift of Detroit Public Library.

Chestnut Street, eastward from 6th Street

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view, looking east, of Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; with a "[St]ereotype Foundry" and "Gilbert & Gihon Engravers on wood" in a tall building at the corner, also ... More

Map of a reconnoissance [sic] of the approaches to Philadelphia showin...

Topographic map of western Philadelphia and small adjacent parts of Montgomery and Delaware counties showing 1st- and 2nd-order Civil War earthworks and batteries. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot h... More

Map of a reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia showing the ...

Topographic map of northern Philadelphia and small adjacent part of Montgomery County showing Civil War earthworks and batteries. Relief shown by contours and hachures. Signed in handwriting (brown ink): George... More

Map of supplementary reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia ...

Topographic map showing Civil War earthworks and batteries. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Authorship statement citing Whiting's name is in handwriting (black ink). Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), ... More

Map of a reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia showing the ...

Topographic map of the northern part of Philadelphia County and small adjacent part of Montgomery County showing proposed 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-order Civil War batteries. Signed in handwriting: George Davidson, A... More

The great sanitary fair, Philadelphia, 1864 - dining saloon

Photograph shows an interior view of a large banquet hall with African American men standing and sitting at the tables, during the Sanitary Commission(?) Fair of 1864 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gift; Commi... More