Early Images of Philadelphia
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Plan of Philadelphia (Thomas Holme and William Penn), Philadelphia,
PA, 1682
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Penn's Plan. xx
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Regional detail, Peter C. Varlé, "Plan of the City and its Environs"
(Phila., ca. 1796), Bradley & Co. reprint, ca. 1895, private collection.
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Center City detail, from Peter C. Varlé, "Plan of the City and its
Environs" (Phila., ca. 1796), Bradley & Co. reprint, ca. 1895, private
collection. xx
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Christ Church (Dr. John Kearsley) (spire: Robert Smith), Philadelphia,
PA, 1727-44, spire 1750-54:
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view from southeast, from Columbian Magazine vol. 1 (1787), suppl. p. 839.
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Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) (Andrew Hamilton and Edward
Wooley), Philadelphia, PA, 1732-35, 1749-51 (tower) (R:1731-53)
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view of north front, from an old postcard (J. Howe). xx
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view from northeast, 1827, engraving by C. G. Childs (U. Penn. slide
coll.: no source). xx
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engraved view of east room, 1876, photo pre-1970, R. C. Smith (U. Penn.
slide coll.) xx
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