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[Bird's-eye view of North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] – Vintage Map Wall Art

[Bird's-eye view of North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], c1911. — historic photograph
[Bird's-eye view of North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], c1911.. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A bird's-eye view looks down the length of North Broad Street, one of the main north-south thoroughfares in Philadelphia, which William Penn's 1682 plan laid out as a wide avenue running from the Delaware River toward the Schuylkill. Around 1911 the city's northern blocks were filling with office buildings, churches, and rows of brick houses, and the street was becoming a showcase for the city's growth. Aerial-style photographs like this one were uncommon at the time, so the image offers a rare view of how the street's width, traffic, and built-up blocks fit together.

Created / publishedc1911.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreCityscape photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
SubjectsPhiladelphia (Pa.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,043 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166427

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