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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention of 1910 participate in an outdoor gathering. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A man sporting a beard and wide-brimmed straw (?) hat is operating a mower pulled by two horses in a field. The field is on hilly terrain. A dirt road and ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a farmer operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. The words "E Rees Howard Farm. Newton Square Phila." have been etched into the emulsion of ... |
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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: | 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: | Exterior of Fairmount Water Works with numerous columned buildings overlooking a river with boats moored to a small dock. Another boat is on the river in m... |
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| Description: | View down 52nd Street, a road leading into Fairmount Park. An automobile and a pedestrian pass by rows of trees. |
| Date: | 04 07 1924 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of International Harvester's Philadelphia branch house. Automobiles are parked in a cul-de-sac in front of the building; a sign reading: "Int... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a train stopped at the North Philadelphia depot, surrounded by various industrial buildings, including the International Harvester Company... |
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| Description: | Older woman standing outdoors next to a sculpture of Thorfinn Karlsefni, an Icelandic-born Scandinavian explorer of North America. Behind her is the Schuyl... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | A group of young people walking down a street. They are all wearing coats. A brick building that may be Carpenters' Hall is in the background. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Two workers are placing refuse in a garbage truck. One is an African-American man in a jacket, hat, and gloves and carrying a trash can. The other man is f... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk of two African-American sanitation workers carrying cans and sacks of trash to a garbage truck, is stopped in a residential neighborhood... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Scouts and Travelalls hooked to floats for a Fire Prevention Week parade. The trucks are parked in a line in a plaza near two fount... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Looking down the length of a fire engine ladder truck during a Fire Prevention Week Parade. On the right is a float with a picture of a child and the words... |
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