The City of Philadelphia – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with The City of Philadelphia, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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The City of Philadelphia
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Titled simply after the city, this view takes in Philadelphia as a whole rather than a single landmark. Founded in 1682 by William Penn as a haven for Quakers and other dissenting Christians, the city was laid out on a grid of wide streets between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, a plan that still shapes its center. By the late 1700s it was the largest city in British North America, hosting the Continental Congress and later serving as the national capital from 1790 to 1800. Its growth as a manufacturing and port city in the 19th century makes the skyline and street scenes of this era especially worth studying.
| Original scan | 9,832 × 6,660 px · prints to 33 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00667u |
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