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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man standing holding a basket near an International D-2-M truck with a 113-inch wheelbase and a Metro body. This truck was one of twenty owned by the Fri... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Men using an Adams #5 1/2 Road Grader to work on an urban street. The grader was owned by the State Paving and Construction Co. Original caption states: "G... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Men using a Number 3/2 Adams Motor Grader for road construction on Pine Street in Philadelphia. A laundry store is on the corner. |
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| Description: | Double extension gantry crane with a grab-bucket at the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. The crane is stamped with the text "Pawling & Harnischfeger Builders, Mil... |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 40-ton type "A" outdoor gantry crane located at the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. There are men standing near a horse-drawn cart as wel... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Betsy Ross house. Two larger buildings flank each side of the house. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 2-ton monorail hoist in the William Wharton Jr. & Co. rail storage house. There's a man in the cab and the text on the cab reads "P... |
| Date: | 2000 |
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| Description: | A member of the CNN (Cable News Network) broadcast team testing equipment on the floor of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as "home of the Pennsylvania Railroad." The poster features the artist N.C. Wyeth, and depicts... |
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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: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Theodore C. Wallace, surgeon, 61st New York Infantry, in uniform. |
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| Description: | Vignetted quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of James Mitchel (or Mitchell), Chaplin, F & S, 178th Ohio Infantry, in dress clothes. |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of the facade of the Saloon and Saloon Hospital. |
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