Philadelphia circa 1906. "Chestnut Street." Continuing the nutty theme of ... to grab me by the collar. The sheer scale and bustle of Philadelphia leaves me feeling like the country mouse come to the city.
... Is there a name for windows which pivot like that?
Philadelphia Record Noticed the Philadelphia Record on the tower. When you ...
Market Street at Eighth in Philadelphia circa 1905, with the Lit Brothers building at right. Detroit ... and the horses. So much is going on!
Market Street, Philadelphia I was stationed in Philadelphia with the Navy, 1957-59. The trolley cars were still active when I ...
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Washington, D.C., circa 1921. "Nellie [Illegible], Miss Philadelphia." Perhaps someone out there can put a last name to this winsome ... 1921 (via NewspaperArchive.com):
SHE'LL REPRESENT MISS PHILADELPHIA IN BEAUTY REVIEW
Miss Nellie Orr of Philadelphia was chosen in ...
... part of Logan and the rest were fused to East Boston.
Philadelphia Stea Philadelphia Stea? (just to the left of the big black ship funnel in the ...
Philadelphia circa 1910. "City Hall." Philadelphia's soot-stained City Hall, still the largest municipal building in ...
Soot Removal The soot was removed some time ago. Philadelphia is now a very clean city and soot-stained buildings are a thing of ...
... 1906. "Elevated railway terminal, 70th and Market streets, Philadelphia." Another view of the building seen here . 8x10 glass negative. ...
69th Street Terminal is a mish-mash of lines. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company built the terminal and the Market-Frankford ...
Philadelphia circa 1909. "Broad Street north from Walnut." With City Hall, ... July of 2006.
Tallest building From 1901 to 1908, Philadelphia's City Hall was the tallest inhabitable building in the world and ... comment, +97, further down).
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"Independence Hall at Independence Square, Philadelphia, c. 1910-1915." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company, ... & Manning .
Street Cleaning I grew up in Philadelphia, and street cleaning was a regular procedure until the eighties or ...
... at Hilltop Park, April 14, 1908. New York Highlanders and Philadelphia Athletics. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
Philadelphia Americans Legend on Photo says Phila. Americans, instead of ...
Philadelphia circa 1900. "Chestnut Street from Ninth." On the left, Wanamaker & Brown ("liveries"), and on the right, offices of the Philadelphia Record (a "newspaper"). 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit ... street corners. Not many people milling about either.
Philadelphia Post Office Seen here twice before:
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"Philadelphia Post Office." Big-city hustle and bustle circa 1900. Plus: What ... view here from nearly the same angle:
The Philadelphia Record I think that is the Philadelphia Record building on the left. Moe Annenburg, father of Walter ...
Eighteen-year-old Ruth Malcomson, Miss Philadelphia of 1924. Later that year in Atlantic City, she would be crowned ... *whistle*
Beautiful!!
1924 Miss Philadelphia and Miss America If anyone has any photos of Ruth that they ...
... of the Associated Press, who was also chairman of the Philadelphia Bulletin . And whose estate in the Philadelphia suburb of Fort Washington was called Pheasant Run Farm. 120mm ...
Philadelphia circa 1905. "North American, Real Estate Trust, City Hall and Land ... far end of the street. Could it be a library?
[ Philadelphia City Hall . - Dave]
What is happening in S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA? Anyone an idea? Cleaning the street (by pouring water from ...
Philadelphia circa 1904. "Chestnut Street and post office." Plus signage ... Co. View full size.
917 Chestnut Street The Philadelphia Record Building - 917 Chestnut Street
Another treasure lost to ... a bet by posing as two tramps who get hired at a farm near Philadelphia. Then along came a New York socialite posing as a milk maid, and ...
October 9, 1914. "Philadelphia Athletics dugout prior to start of Game 1 of 1914 World Series at ... Bain Collection. View full size.
No joy in Philadelphia The A's lost this game 7-1 to the Boston Braves. And then ... so it wasn't a total loss.
(The Gallery, G.G. Bain, Philadelphia, Sports) ...
Philadelphia circa 1910. "Girard Trust Bldg., Broad and Chestnut streets." ... Era" pair on the left side?
Now The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia When I worked for Girard Bank the building was known as 1 ... in fine shape.
(The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, DPC, Philadelphia, Streetcars) ...
... (It no doubt helped that she was on the board of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.) Her husband was president of the Associated Press ... years.
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, Halloween, Kids, Philadelphia, Toni Frissell) ...
Philadelphia circa 1907. "Broad Street north from Locust." With views of the ... I had never heard of Adams Argood Chocolates. Per the Philadelphia Enquirer, AAC:
-called themselves a "high class confectionery" ... has three e's) has certainly had its ups and downs. Once Philadelphia's premier luxury hotel, it closed a few months after an outbreak ...
Philadelphia circa 1905. "Broad Street north from Spruce." Detroit Publishing ... building look far better than what replaced them).
Philadelphia city planning Philadelphia was laid out by its founder, William Penn. His plan from 1683 ...
Philadelphia circa 1907. "Gimbel Brothers store, Market and Ninth streets." ... to add the occasional step or two.
(The Gallery, DPC, Philadelphia, Stores & Markets, Streetcars) ...