Byways and Boulevards in and about Historic PhiladelphiaCorn Exchange National Bank, 1925 - 320 páginas |
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... miles beyond the City's limits , which extend sixteen miles to the northeas :, eight miles to the southwest , five miles to the southeast , and eleven miles to the northwest . mi toPHILADELPHIA The Sesqui - Centennial City " HE ...
... miles beyond the City's limits , which extend sixteen miles to the northeas :, eight miles to the southwest , five miles to the southeast , and eleven miles to the northwest . mi toPHILADELPHIA The Sesqui - Centennial City " HE ...
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... miles , embracing 1,718 miles of streets . In 1790 the population of Philadelphia city and county was 54,391 ; in 1876 it was 817,448 ; to - day it is over 2,100,000 . TE 848 LE Aerial Photograph by Victor Dallin THE RISING 11 ...
... miles , embracing 1,718 miles of streets . In 1790 the population of Philadelphia city and county was 54,391 ; in 1876 it was 817,448 ; to - day it is over 2,100,000 . TE 848 LE Aerial Photograph by Victor Dallin THE RISING 11 ...
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... miles of trackage : 11,602 miles of single track ; 4,260 miles of double track ; 934 miles of three track ; 704 miles of four track ; and 10,162 miles of sidings . Over half of this trackage is west of Pittsburgh . In 1836 the imports ...
... miles of trackage : 11,602 miles of single track ; 4,260 miles of double track ; 934 miles of three track ; 704 miles of four track ; and 10,162 miles of sidings . Over half of this trackage is west of Pittsburgh . In 1836 the imports ...
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... miles of the City Hall . The Bell Telephone Building on the Parkway , the new Elks Home at Broad and Wood Streets , the Westinghouse Electric Company Building at the western end of Walnut Street bridge , the notable Benjamin Franklin ...
... miles of the City Hall . The Bell Telephone Building on the Parkway , the new Elks Home at Broad and Wood Streets , the Westinghouse Electric Company Building at the western end of Walnut Street bridge , the notable Benjamin Franklin ...
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... miles of interesting open country . Going through the famous “ Neck " to the mouth of the Schuylkill River , and passing near Hog Island on the way to Big Tinicum , the route leads from the Delaware River at Essington across the marshes ...
... miles of interesting open country . Going through the famous “ Neck " to the mouth of the Schuylkill River , and passing near Hog Island on the way to Big Tinicum , the route leads from the Delaware River at Essington across the marshes ...
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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 |
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Pasajes populares
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...