Philadelphia Collection (page 5)

Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1885
3479242 Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1885; (add.info.: Alexander Graham Bell's (1847-1922) telephone, exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876

William Penn and Native Americans at the foundation of Philadelphia (1682)
FLO4621867 William Penn and Native Americans at the foundation of Philadelphia (1682). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso after the painting William Penn's Treaty with the Indians by

Carriage Propelled by Dogs, from France (engraving)
8667214 Carriage Propelled by Dogs, from France (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carriage Propelled by Dogs, from France)

Patience, by Gilbert and Sullivan (colour litho)
8677498 Patience, by Gilbert and Sullivan (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Patience, opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, 1881)

Advertising card for Wanamaker & Brown, Philadelphia (litho)
8677261 Advertising card for Wanamaker & Brown, Philadelphia (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising card for menswear from Wanamaker & Brown)

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Philadelphia: Chestnut Street, above Eighth Street (b/w photo)
8654566 Philadelphia: Chestnut Street, above Eighth Street (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chestnut Street, above Eighth Street)

Philadelphia: First Unitarian Church, Chestnut and Twenty Second Streets (b/w photo)
8654562 Philadelphia: First Unitarian Church, Chestnut and Twenty Second Streets (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First Unitarian Church)

Philadelphia: Chestnut Street Bank Buildings, between Fourth and Fifth Streets; First National Bank
8654560 Philadelphia: Chestnut Street Bank Buildings, between Fourth and Fifth Streets; First National Bank and Bank of the Republic

Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Railroad Grain Elevator (b/w photo)
8654555 Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Railroad Grain Elevator (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pennsylvania Railroad Grain Elevator)

Philadelphia: Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park (b/w photo)
8654544 Philadelphia: Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park)

Philadelphia: Fairmount Water Works (b/w photo)
8654543 Philadelphia: Fairmount Water Works (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fairmount Water Works)

Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Hospital (b/w photo)
8654536 Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Hospital (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pennsylvania Hospital)

Philadelphia: Blind Asylum (b/w photo)
8654533 Philadelphia: Blind Asylum (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blind Asylum)

Philadelphia: Independence Hall, from Independence Square (b/w photo)
8654580 Philadelphia: Independence Hall, from Independence Square (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Independence Hall, from Independence Square)

Philadelphia: Public Buildings (b/w photo)
8654578 Philadelphia: Public Buildings (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Public Buildings)

Philadelphia: Hotel Lafayette (b/w photo)
8654575 Philadelphia: Hotel Lafayette (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hotel Lafayette)

Philadelphia: St George's Hall, Armory of First Regiment; Philadelphia Library, Locust and Juniper Streets
8654573 Philadelphia: St George's Hall, Armory of First Regiment; Philadelphia Library, Locust and Juniper Streets, Academy of Music (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Philadelphia: Philadelphia, South from Broad Street Station, Hotel Lafayette, YMC Ass'n, Colonade Hotel (b/w photo)
8654568 Philadelphia: Philadelphia, South from Broad Street Station, Hotel Lafayette, YMC Ass'n, Colonade Hotel (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Experimental Electric Wagon, Morris and Salom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (b/w photo)
8661473 Experimental Electric Wagon, Morris and Salom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Experimental Electric Wagon)

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Map of the city and environs of Philadelphia, 1777 (engraving)
7337532 Map of the city and environs of Philadelphia, 1777 (engraving) by Faden, William (1750-1836); 18.5x21.9 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Cotton tree, Populus argentea
5855046 Cotton tree, Populus argentea; (add.info.: Leaf and branch of the cotton tree, Populus argentea. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa)

Black birch tree, Betula lenta
5855023 Black birch tree, Betula lenta; (add.info.: Leaves, ament and seed of the Black birch tree, Betula lenta. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa)

White birch, Betula populifolia
5855020 White birch, Betula populifolia; (add.info.: Leaves, ament and seed of the White birch, Betula populifolia. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa)

Canoe birch, Betula papyracea
5855018 Canoe birch, Betula papyracea; (add.info.: Leaves, fertile aments and seed of the Canoe birch tree, Betula papyrifera (Betula papyracea)

Mountain laurel tree, Kalmia latifolia
5855017 Mountain laurel tree, Kalmia latifolia; (add.info.: Flower, leaves, seed vessel and seeds of the Mountain laurel tree, Kalmia latifolia)

A central longitudinal section of a locomotive
5308418 A central longitudinal section of a locomotive.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a central longitudinal section of a locomotive by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia. Dated 19th century)

Ohio buckeye tree, Pavia ohioensis
5855041 Ohio buckeye tree, Pavia ohioensis; (add.info.: Flowers, leaves, chestnut and fruit of the Ohio buckeye tree, Aesculus glabra, Pavia ohioensis)

Olive tree, Olea europaea
5855036 Olive tree, Olea europaea; (add.info.: Leaves, fruit, drupe and flowers of the olive tree, Olea europaea. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa)

Sorrel tree, Oxydendrum arboreum
5855034 Sorrel tree, Oxydendrum arboreum; (add.info.: Leaves, flowers, seed capsule and seeds of the Sorrel tree, Oxydendrum arboreum, Sorel, Andromeda arborea)

Yellow wood, Virgilia lutea
5855027 Yellow wood, Virgilia lutea; (add.info.: Leaves, flower, pod and seed of the Yellow wood, Virgilia lutea, Cladrastis kentukea)

June berry, Mespilus arborea
5855015 June berry, Mespilus arborea; (add.info.: Leaves, berries, and flower of the June berry, Mespilus arborea. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa)

Old State House Philadelphia, USA. Erected 1735. From a 19th century print engraved J Rogers
3052919 Old State House Philadelphia, USA. Erected 1735. From a 19th century print engraved J Rogers; Private Collection

The United States Bank Philadelphia, USA. From a 19th century print engraved by J Tingle after W H Bartlett
3052913 The United States Bank Philadelphia, USA. From a 19th century print engraved by J Tingle after W H Bartlett; Private Collection

A railway station in Philadelphia, USA, 1886 (engraving)
8766914 A railway station in Philadelphia, USA, 1886 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: A railway station in Philadelphia, USA, in 1886); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

An American settler, wearing a tricorn hat, description of the bibliotheque rat, settles in a Windsor chair
NWI4885021 An American settler, wearing a tricorn hat, description of the bibliotheque rat, settles in a Windsor chair, sits on a desk

American daily life: leisure of the high society of Pennsylvania, a ball organized in the assembly building in
NWI4885202 American daily life: leisure of the high society of Pennsylvania, a ball organized in the assembly building in Philadelphia, circa 1850

United States, State of Pennsylvania: Meschianza Festival in Philadelphia, tournament festival, 1778
NWI4967208 United States, State of Pennsylvania: Meschianza Festival in Philadelphia, tournament festival, 1778. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: United States)

Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1876
3479245 Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1876; (add.info.: Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone (1875), exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876

A large certificate for a volunteer serving in the Union army, 1861
1575147 A large certificate for a volunteer serving in the Union army, 1861; (add.info.: A large certificate for a volunteer serving in the Union army to suppress the rebellion of 1861)

Skeleton of Giant Mastodon excavated by Wilson Peale of Philadelphia at Newburgh on the Hudson, 1801 (engraving)
536600 Skeleton of Giant Mastodon excavated by Wilson Peale of Philadelphia at Newburgh on the Hudson, 1801 (engraving); (add.info.: From Cuvier The Animal Kingdom, London 1830)

William Penn (1644-1718) English Quaker colonist, treating with Native Americans on the site of what is now
530236 William Penn (1644-1718) English Quaker colonist, treating with Native Americans on the site of what is now Philadelphia. Woodcut, 1830; Universal History Archive/UIG

Map of Philadelphia, c.1900 (engraving)
532825 Map of Philadelphia, c.1900 (engraving); (add.info.: Map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1900, from the 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.); Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG

Broad Street Passenger Station, Pennsylvania Rail Road, Philadelphia (engraving)
8627556 Broad Street Passenger Station, Pennsylvania Rail Road, Philadelphia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Broad Street Passenger Station)

Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Station, Broad Street, Philadelphia (engraving)
8627555 Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Station, Broad Street, Philadelphia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Station)

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Philadelphia (engraving)
8651219 Philadelphia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Philadelphia. Illustration for The People's Magazine (January to June 1871)

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"Philadelphia: A City Steeped in History and Legacy" Step into the vibrant city of Philadelphia, where history comes alive at every turn. From iconic sporting moments to pivotal events that shaped a nation, this captivating city has it all. In 1950, Jackie Robinson etched his name in baseball folklore as he stole home under the watchful eye of catcher Andy Seminick during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies. The electric atmosphere at Shibe Park was palpable as fans witnessed this daring feat by the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers player. But Philadelphia's historical significance extends far beyond sports. As you stroll through Independence National Historical Park, you'll come across the Free Quaker Meeting House, where a copy of The Declaration of Independence stands proudly. This sacred document symbolizes America's fight for freedom and independence. Speaking of independence, it was here in Philadelphia that delegates gathered in 1787 to debate and draft the Constitution of the United States. These discussions laid the foundation for our democratic principles and continue to shape our nation today. Marvel at Philadelphia's stunning skyline as it stretches along the picturesque Delaware River. The juxtaposition between modern architecture and historic landmarks creates an enchanting blend that captivates visitors from around the world. Immerse yourself in maritime history with a visit to Penns Landing's Waterfront District, where you can explore Moshulu Sailing Ship—a majestic vessel that harkens back to an era when ships ruled these waters. As you wander through this storied city, imagine standing among citizens on July 8th, 1776 when they heard the resounding chimes of Liberty Bell emanating from Independence Hall. It marked their call to witness Colonel John Nixon read aloud for the first time The Declaration of Independence—an event forever etched into American history. Transport yourself even further back in time with Thomas Holme's engraved plan dating back to 1683—the earliest depiction we have of the city of Philadelphia.