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660. Park. Wissahickon.

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-18162.jpg
Date: 1955-09
The Wissahickon Valley is part of Fairmount Park.

Angora railroad bridge

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5173.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Location is approximate. This bridge crossed a small stream called Thomas Run or Ameaseka Run, in West Philadelphia. The stream was buried in a sewer by the early 20th century and the railroad now crosses this valley at grade.

Angora railroad bridge, diagonal

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8028.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
This bridge crossed a small stream called Thomas Run, in West Philadelphia. The stream was buried in a sewer by the early 20th century and the railroad now crosses this valley at grade.

Angora railroad bridge, Flat

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8026.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. This bridge crosses a small stream called Thomas Run, in West Philadelphia. The stream was buried in a sewer by the early 20th century and the railroad now crosses this valley at grade.

Angora railroad bridge, top

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8027.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate. This bridge crosses a small stream called Thomas Run, in West Philadelphia. The stream was buried in a sewer by the early 20th century and the railroad now crosses this valley at grade.

Fairmount Dam

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5238.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
This view, of the Fairmount Dam and Water Works and the Callowhill St. Bridge, was taken from a boathouse ramp above the dam on the Schuylkill River. Two steamboats are moored above dam, and the roof of a bathing pavilion is visible below dam. Sewer…

Flower for "Who We Are, How We Lived" television program

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/MaryEdwards/ED-120.jpg
Date: 1999-12-18
Flyer for this joint presentation by 6-ABC and the Philadelphia Inquirer, hosted by Jim Garner

Forty-seventh St. Freight Railroad Depot, rear

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8072-2.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)

Forty-seventh St. Freight Railroad Depot, rear

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8072-3.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)

Forty-seventh St. Freight Railroad Depot, southeast

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8074.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)

Forty-seventh St. Railroad Freight Depot, southwest

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8073.jpg
Date: 1900 (circa)
Location is approximate.

Mary M. Edwards, invitation

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/MaryEdwards/ED-121.jpg
Date: 1999-12-18
Invitation to the public to view Millennium Philadelphia: The Last 100 Years, which included a segment on the Edwards Family

Media Business Men's Association visit to the Sesqui Centennial International Exposition, August 11th 1926

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Lees/P-01465.jpg
Date: 1926-08-11
Identifications from typed sheet pasted on image. Copy of original photo; source not noted

Philadelphia Zoo, bear pits

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5234.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Philadelphia Zoo, polar bear

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5233.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Philadelphia Zoo, Reptile House

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5239.jpg
Date: 1895-1900
Beautiful leaded and stained glass.

Philadelphia Zoo, seals

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5235.jpg
Date: 1890-1900

Rigby cup, trophy

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-5813.jpg
Date: 1908 (circa)
Trophy reads: State Cup awarded by The National Single Comb Minorca Club for the best display of single comb minorcas in Philadelphia, January 1908.

Thomas V. Cooper, plan of farm

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-8378.jpg
Date: 1904
Copy of survey showing about 10 acres of property of Thomas V. Cooper in Philadelphia near Oxford Ave. and Horrocks St. (formerly Oxford Turnpike and Elbow Lane), adjacent to Roosevelt Boulevard. Plan created by William E. Skyrm, drarughtsman, 1904,…

War ship

http://mediahistoricarchives.org/source/Appleton/AP-4242.jpg
Date: 1895 (circa)
Ship is in the Delaware River off Philadelphia; the spire in the background is Independence Hall.