Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, and incidents of the city and inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the Inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders, intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes of manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements Vol I, II, III
Author
Published Location
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Leary Stuart and Company
Years
1909
Physical Description
Hardcover 609 Pages
Measurements
6.5" x 10"
Language
English
Description
This 163 year old book, originally bound in brown embossed paper over a hard cardboard is an excellent resource for information on mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia. It contains black and white reproductions of famous painting of historical events in the founding of the city. It has an extensive section of appendices on miscellaneous topics that could be of interest to reader of the city's history or a local historian.
Provenance: Collection
Object Topic
History Pennsylvania
LCCN
2003106586
Object ID
B1980
Call Number
F158.3 .W595
Location
Library
