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Vintage photos of:
Philadelphia circa 1906. "Hermit Lane Bridge on the Wissahickon." 5x7 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
And it has a big brother now:
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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