Old sketches
of Philadelphia - 1700 & 1800s
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on images for larger pics!
At the
foot of South Street
Shipyard
of Joshua Humphreys at
Southwark, Phila 1799
Foot
of Market St, as it looked when
Benjamin Franklin arrived in Phila via
the Delaware River in 1723
Paul Becks
old river front warehouses
1796
Colonial
warehouse at Delaware Ave
and Race streets
Time estimate
for rebuilding the
Thomas Sparks" Nov 9, 1839
Links:
Glen Foerd On the
Delaware
Historic River Front Estate: Our
organizational mission is to preserve
the last surviving riverfront estate in Philadelphia as a historic
site and a
center for providing historic and
cultural experience to the public.