Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914

215 prints from the collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia

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Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914

215 prints from the collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia

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Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914: 215 prints from the collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia
1976, Published in cooperation with the Free Library of Philadelphia by Dover Publications
in English

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First Sentence

"The earliest surviving American photograph is a daguerreotype made in Philadelphia by Joseph Saxton in Oct. 1839 (No. 1) -- Introduction"

Table of Contents

Introduction
I. Southwark
II. The Delaware River front
III. Society Hill
IV. The Independence Square area and the buildings of the State House group
V. Market Street, Arch Street and adjacent areas
VI. Chestnut Street, Walnut Street and adjacent areas
VII. Penn Square
VIII. Broad Street
IX. Schuylkill River area
X. The Centennial Exposition of 1876

Edition Notes

Prepared by Robert F. Looney, Head, Prints and Picture Department, Free Library of Philadelphia.
Includes indexes.

Published in
New York
Genre
Photography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
974.8/11
Library of Congress
F158.37 .P55 1976, E158.44

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 228 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Number of pages
228

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5212703M
Internet Archive
oldphiladelphiai00free
ISBN 10
0486233456
ISBN 13
9780486233451
LCCN
75041688
OCLC/WorldCat
2391852
Library Thing
428068
Goodreads
1156984

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