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Vintage photos of:
Wissahickoning: 1906
Philadelphia circa 1906. "Hermit Lane Bridge on the Wissahickon." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Well built bridge is still there!
And it has a big brother now:
Color postcard version
Here is the colorized postcard version as sold by the DPC. I have to say, the colorizer artists as well as the printing process often gave pretty impressive results for the time.
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