The landscape The city site Philadelphia’s gently rolling site extends from the Delaware on the east across the Schuylkill and beyond. The coextensive boundaries of Philadelphia city and county remain essentially as defined by the Consolidation Act of 1854. ... (40 of 6,801 words)
Philadelphia, with the Schuylkill River in the foreground.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell in its new location in the Liberty Bell Center of the Independence National Historical Park.
Lithograph of the riot in Philadelphia in 1844 between Catholics and non-Catholics in which nine people were killed, scores injured, and two Catholic churches burned to the ground.
Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
The College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, Philadelphia.
Torch of the Statue of Liberty on display at the Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876. In addition to the torch, the 1876 centennial exhibition featured such new inventions as the typewriter, the telephone, and the Westinghouse air brake.
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia.
Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia.