Old Philadelphia in early photographs 1839-1914
Subtitle: 215 prints from the collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia
By: [compiled by] Robert F. Looney.
Contributors: Looney, Robert F.
Publisher: Published in cooperation with the Free Library of Philadelphia by Dover Publications
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780486233451
Subjects: Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Pictorial works; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works; Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Pictorial works
Genres: Photography
First sentence: The earliest surviving American photograph is a daguerreotype made in Philadelphia by Joseph Saxton in Oct. 1839 (No. 1) -- Introduction
Notes: Prepared by Robert F. Looney, Head, Prints and Picture Department, Free Library of Philadelphia.
Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: I. Southwark; title: II. The Delaware River front; title: III. Society Hill; title: IV. The Independence Square area and the buildings of the State House group; title: V. Market Street, Arch Street and adjacent areas; title: VI. Chestnut Street, Walnut Street and adjacent areas; title: VII. Penn Square; title: VIII. Broad Street; title: IX. Schuylkill River area; title: X. The Centennial Exposition of 1876