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| Description: | View of the stone Norman style Masonic Temple Grand Lodge and its tower. A statue of General John Fulton Reynolds on horseback is in the square in front o... |
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| Description: | A view of the front entrance of the City Hall. Built in the Second Empire style, the stone building features tiered levels of columns and decorative stone... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Bronze statue honoring the banker and philanthropist Stephen Girard that stands next to the City Hall. A small portion of its facade forms the background ... |
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| Description: | View of street beneath an elevated railway at a market on 60th Street, featuring pedestrians, storefronts, and cars. |
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| Description: | A city view of a brick building and a cobbled alleyway called Clements Avenue. Two individuals are standing outside the entrance of the building, which be... |
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| Description: | A view of Black Oak Park featuring two boys posing for the picture on a paved path through the tree dotted park. Other park-goers relax in the background o... |
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| Description: | The Cemetery at Mount Saint Joseph, Chesnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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| Description: | Street scene of Ridge Avenue from Queen Lake, East Falls. Features American flag decorations, people in the street, horse and carriages along the sides, as... |
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| Description: | A view of the Falls Brewery, with painted text on the buildings reading, "John Hohenadel Health Beer," "Rival Porter," and "Falls Brewery John Hohenadel." |
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| Description: | A view of the Coining Room, with men and women working at various machines. Large pallets of boxes, on wheels, sit in the central aisle, on the left. Capti... |
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| Description: | A view of the Coining Room, where women sit at long tables, weighing out metal. Each woman has a balance and other tools at her station. A male supervisor ... |
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| Description: | View across cemetery toward the church, which has vines growing on the walls. Caption read: "Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church (Founded 1677-Erected 1700), S... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the Philadelphia Home for Incurables, established in 1877. Nurses stand near a group of patients sitting outdoors under trees, w... |
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| Description: | View of Blessed Sacrament Church Rectory. Two rows of children walk on the sidewalk beside telephone poles. |
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| Description: | The entrance hallway contains a large statue of St. Joseph carrying Jesus with a vase of flowers and chalice sitting at the feet. The ceiling has heavy cro... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | A view of Logan Hall, home to the Wharton School of Business. The building features Gothic Revival elements, including the arched windows and quatrefoils f... |
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| Description: | Interior of a library in Saint Joseph Hall, opened in 1903. Located on the campus of Mount Saint Joseph Collegiate Institute, founded in 1900, the library ... |
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| Description: | A view of the parlor at Mt. St. Joseph. A table stands near the doorway and wooden chairs are arranged on a carpet across the room. Multiple paintings deco... |
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| Description: | A view of the study room at St. Joseph's college, lined with rows of desks. This room appears to double as a worship space, as the desk at the front of the... |
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| Description: | A view looking over rows of desks in the novitiate classroom at Mount St. Joseph. Light fixtures hang from the tin ceiling and a double door entrance is lo... |
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