h0rv/phillyhistory-metadata

Old Philly Public Metadata Crawl

This dataset is a public metadata crawl of PhillyHistory.org records exposed through the public search/detail surfaces as of May 29, 2026.

It contains metadata and public URI references only. It does not include mirrored image binaries, high-resolution licensed originals, or bypassed/restricted media.

Files

• source_records.parquet: normalized public source records.
• image_assets.parquet: public preview/thumbnail URI metadata.
• crawl_queue.parquet: crawl queue terminal state for auditability.
• crawl_runs.parquet: crawl run history.
• oldphilly.sqlite.gz: compressed SQLite snapshot containing the same local crawl database.

Counts

{
  "source_records": 161539,
  "image_assets": 274831,
  "crawl_queue": 166699,
  "crawl_runs": 35,
  "oldphilly.sqlite.gz_bytes": 69301950
}

Image And Licensing Notes

Public image references are PhillyHistory URLs such as MediaStream.ashx?mediaId=.... These are typically preview-sized display images. PhillyHistory describes high-resolution digital files as available through a separate licensing request workflow; those licensed originals are not included here.

Provenance

Source: https://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/

Crawler repository: this dataset was produced by the oldphilly metadata crawler.