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Central High School for Boys, Juniper Street at Center Square, c.1854 (b/w photo)

3512650 Central High School for Boys, Juniper Street at Center Square, c.1854 (b/w photo) by Edmunds, Franklin Davenport (1874-1948); Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info.: "This is the building whose rooftop appears in Joseph Saxton's daguerreotype of 1839 (No. 1). Opened in 1838, this school stood at the southeast corner of Center Square. On the left are warehouses, and on the right the Pennsylvania State Arsenal. In the rear are buildings belonging to the Pennsylvania Railroad. John Wanamaker's store now stands on this site. Center (now Penn) Square was still a green park when the photograph was made just before the school was taken down."-Old Philadelphia in early photographs, 1839-1914/edited by Robert F. Looney. New York: Dover Publications, c1976. p.157); © Free Library of Philadelphia ; Print and Picture Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia

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The Waldorf Astoria at 34th Street and 5th Avenue, New York

MNY380785 The Waldorf Astoria at 34th Street and 5th Avenue, New York, 1901 or 1902 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 25.4x20.3 cm; Museum of the City of New York, USA; (add.info.: view from a rooftop on the opposite corner; originally two hotels, the Waldorf (opened in 1893) and the Astoria (opened in 1897);); A© Museum of the City of New York ; American, out of copyright

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Opening day: the orators, 1876 (albumen print)

483685 Opening day: the orators, 1876 (albumen print) by American Photographer, (19th century); Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info.: Opening day ceremony of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition depicting Art Gallery with trolley cars and crowd of attendees with umbrellas under stormy skies.
"Opening day, May 10, 1876. The opening ceremonies took place on the terraces of the Art Gallery and in the area facing the Main Building. Speakers stands were erected in front of the Art Gallery, and stands for a great choir and orchestra were placed directly opposite, before the entrance of the Main Building. President and Mrs. Grant were present as were the Emperor Pedro II and Empress Theresa of Brazil." -- Looney, Old Philadelphia in Early Photographs, p. 197. ); A© Free Library of Philadelphia ; Print and Picture Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia; American, out of copyright

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