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Philadelphia

Largest city in Pennsylvania, United States

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Philadelphia

69 images from works
  • Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: American Civil War Army of the Cumberland train carriage: the kitchen car: a model. Photograph, 1876.
  • Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: Hospital of the Medical Department of the U.S. Army, Philadelphia: front view. Photograph, 1876.
  • Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: park visitors next to a small lake with a fountain. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1880.
  • Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: (Mower or McClellan ?) Hospital, Philadelphia: a model. Photograph, 1876.
  • Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: model train carriages and steamboats in glass display cases. Photograph, 1876.
  • U.S. Naval Asylum, Philadelphia. Lithograph by J.C. Wild.
  • Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: U.S. military hospital barrack ward: a model. Photograph, 1876.
  • The Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, July 4, 1776. Mezzotint by H.S. Sadd after J. Trumbull.
  • Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: American Civil War medicine wagon produced by T. Morris Perot and Company. Photograph, 1876.
  • Fair Mount Water Works, Philadelphia: with Upper Ferry Bridge. Coloured engraving by Ferrer Sears & Co., 1830, C. Burton.

Works from the collections

316 works

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    The picture of Philadelphia. Giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue / With a compendious view of its societies, literary, benevolent, patriotic, & religious. Its police - the public buildings - the prison and penetentiary [!] system - institutions, monied and civil - museum. By James Mease, M.D.

    Mease, James, 1771-1846. | Date: 1811
    • Books

    [The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.].

    College of Physicians of Philadelphia. | Date: [1978]
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Independence Hall, Philadelphia. Photograph, ca. 1880.

    | Date: 1880 | Reference: 571346i
    Part of: United States of America: landscapes, architecture and portraits. Photographs (some by Francis Frith), ca. 1880.
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    Schuylkill Water Works, Philadelphia: panoramic view with the river. Coloured engraving by J.C. Armytage after W.H. Bartlett.

    Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854. | Reference: 22246i
    • Books

    The library of James Logan of Philadelphia, 1674-1751 / Edwin Wolf 2nd.

    Wolf, Edwin, 1911-1991. | Date: 1974

Related topics

Yellow Fever
Centennial Exposition
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
Hospitals
United States
Physicians
19th-20th centuries
History of Medicine

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