Byways and Boulevards in and about Historic PhiladelphiaCorn Exchange National Bank, 1925 - 320 páginas |
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... square miles ; in 1854 , city and county were made co - terminous , making the total area to - day over 129 square miles , embracing 1,718 miles of streets . In 1790 the population of Philadelphia city and county was 54,391 ; in 1876 it ...
... square miles ; in 1854 , city and county were made co - terminous , making the total area to - day over 129 square miles , embracing 1,718 miles of streets . In 1790 the population of Philadelphia city and county was 54,391 ; in 1876 it ...
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... SQUARE This picture reveals the astonishing growth of the city west of City Hall . Flanking the Square are new skyscraping apartment houses and the fast rising Penn Athletic Club , planned to be the greatest clubhouse in the world ...
... SQUARE This picture reveals the astonishing growth of the city west of City Hall . Flanking the Square are new skyscraping apartment houses and the fast rising Penn Athletic Club , planned to be the greatest clubhouse in the world ...
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... Square has been acquired and the construction of the bulding is completely planned and under way . The new two - million dollar Overbrook Senior High School is already above its foundations , and the projected magnificent Trade School ...
... Square has been acquired and the construction of the bulding is completely planned and under way . The new two - million dollar Overbrook Senior High School is already above its foundations , and the projected magnificent Trade School ...
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... Square , is almost a reality . The Richmond Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company is being erected at a cost of $ 21,000,000 . The Elverson Building , the new home of the Philadelphia Inquirer , at Broad and Callowhill Streets ...
... Square , is almost a reality . The Richmond Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company is being erected at a cost of $ 21,000,000 . The Elverson Building , the new home of the Philadelphia Inquirer , at Broad and Callowhill Streets ...
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... Square , ascend first to tower - top and Sylvanus Bevan's " real and true likeness " view Calder's heroic bronze ... Square ( northeast ) , Washington Square Passing through a narrow stairway to a ( southeast ) , Logan Square ( northwest ) ...
... Square , ascend first to tower - top and Sylvanus Bevan's " real and true likeness " view Calder's heroic bronze ... Square ( northeast ) , Washington Square Passing through a narrow stairway to a ( southeast ) , Logan Square ( northwest ) ...
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Byways and Boulevards in and about Historic Philadelphia Francis Burke Brandt,Henry Volkmar Gummere Vista de fragmentos - 1925 |
Byways and Boulevards in and about Historic Philadelphia Francis Burke Brandt,Henry Volkmar Gummere Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
Byways and Boulevards in and About Historic Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) Francis Burke Brandt Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 82 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Página 174 - In the year of CHRIST MDCCLV., George the Second happily reigning (for he sought the happiness of his people), Philadelphia flourishing (for its inhabitants were public-spirited), this building, by the bounty of the government, and of many private persons, was piously founded for the relief of the sick and miserable. May the GOD OF MERCIES bless the undertaking.
Página 38 - on the broad pathway of good faith and good will ; no advantage shall be taken on either side, but all shall be openness and love.
Página 86 - If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know, that you have not lived in vain.
Página 116 - Powel's with and many others; a most sinful feast again! everything which could delight the eye or allure the taste; curds and creams, jellies, sweetmeats of various sorts, twenty sorts of tarts, fools, trifles, floating islands, whipped sillibub &c., &c. Parmesan cheese, punch, wine, porter, beer, etc.
Página 40 - My soul prays to God for thee, that thou mayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may be blessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by his power.
Página 110 - Earth, to establish our liberty and independence on a lasting foundation ; it becomes us to set apart a day for gratefully acknowledging the Divine goodness, and celebrating the important event which we owe to His benign interposition.
Página 40 - And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province, named before thou wert born, what love, what care, what service, and what travail, has there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile thee!
Página 123 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.
Página 72 - Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through nature up to nature's God...