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Philadelphia County, Novelty Postcards, Greetings from Philadelphia, Pa., 1547A
postcard, 5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.; This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries.
  • Date: circa 1904
  • Name of creator(s): Postcard Collection
  • Forms Part of: [Series MG-213-1] County File undated
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Philadelphia County, Novelty Postcards, Greetings from Philadelphia, Pa., Fountain in Fairmount Park, The Artist's Dream, Fairmount Park, Along the Wissahickon, and Joan of Arc Statue, Fairmount Park, 1544A
postcard, 5 3/8 in. x 3 3/8 in.; This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries.
  • Date: 1910-03-30 00:00:00
  • Name of creator(s): Postcard Collection
  • Forms Part of: [Series MG-213-1] County File undated
    Item
Philadelphia County, Novelty Postcards, Philadelphia, Pa., First Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps, United States Reserve, June 18, 1917, 1540A
postcard, 5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.; This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries.
  • Date: 1917-07-12 00:00:00
  • Name of creator(s): Postcard Collection
  • Forms Part of: [Series MG-213-1] County File undated
    Item
Philadelphia County, Miscellaneous Places, Depiction of William Penn's Appointed Meeting at the Blue Idol (Coolham, West Sussex, England), 1524A
postcard, 5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.; This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries. Note: this postcard contains a depiction of William Penn inside the Blue Idol Meeting House, which is located in Coolham, West Sussex, England. This postcard was filed in Philadelphia County in the postcard collection at the Pennsylvania State Archives, because of its association with William Penn.
  • Name of creator(s): Postcard Collection
  • Forms Part of: [Series MG-213-1] County File undated
    Item
Philadelphia County, Miscellaneous Places, Philadelphia, Pa., Main Walk, White City, 1504A
postcard, 5 3/8 in. x 3 1/2 in.; This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries.
  • Name of creator(s): Postcard Collection
  • Forms Part of: [Series MG-213-1] County File undated
    Item
Philadelphia County, Miscellaneous Places, Philadelphia, Pa., Entrance, No. 239 Pine St., 1503A
postcard, 3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in.; This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries.
  • Name of creator(s): Postcard Collection
  • Forms Part of: [Series MG-213-1] County File undated
    Item
Philadelphia County, Miscellaneous Places, Philadelphia, Pa., View of Philadelphia as seen from Delaware River, 1525A
postcard, 5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.; This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries.
  • Name of creator(s): Postcard Collection
  • Forms Part of: [Series MG-213-1] County File undated
    Item
Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pa., Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, 1495A
postcard, 3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in.; This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries.
  • Name of creator(s): Postcard Collection
  • Forms Part of: [Series MG-213-1] County File undated
    Item
Philadelphia County, Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926, Philadelphia, Pa., Sunset Scene and Lookout, League Island Park, 1609A
postcard, 5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. -; This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries.
  • Date: 1926-08-15 00:00:00
  • Name of creator(s): Postcard Collection
  • Forms Part of: [Series MG-213-1] County File undated
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Philadelphia County, Penn's Treaty Elm and Monument, Philadelphia, Pa., William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, Pennsylvania granted to William Penn by Charles II, March 4, 1681, 1575A
postcard, 5 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.; This collection of approximately 29,000 postcards from the 1880s to the 1970s includes images from across the U.S. and all 67 Pennsylvania counties and highlights cities, towns, buildings, local businesses and industries, parks, and scenic and street views. Additional images include business and industry advertising, highways, states, and foreign countries. Disclaimer: The Pennsylvania State Archives provides digital access to a wide variety of historical documents, some of which may be considered offensive by current standards. The Archives does not endorse views expressed in these historical collections, but presents these collections to aid in scholarly research.
  • Name of creator(s): Postcard Collection
  • Forms Part of: [Series MG-213-1] County File undated
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3740 Postcard Collection

3740 Postcards 524 Parks 462 Buildings 434 Streets 370 Rivers 248 Interiors 228 Dwellings 216 Church buildings 214 Cities and towns 204 Bridges 192 Hotels 186 Souvenirs (Keepsakes) 168 University of Pennsylvania 120 Statues 112 College buildings 112 Transportation 106 Monuments 96 Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) 96 Mansions 92 Horticulture 90 Scenic overlooks 84 Plazas 82 Aerial views 80 Curtis Publishing Company 80 Railroad stations 78 Penn, William, 1644-1718 76 Historic buildings 68 City halls 66 City Halls 64 Philadelphia. Navy Yard 56 United States--Centennial celebrations, etc. 54 Night 54 School buildings 52 Ships 50 Coinage--United States 50 Lakes 50 Theaters 48 Department stores 48 Zoos 46 Advertising 46 Fountains 44 Bells 42 Post office buildings 36 Art museums 32 Hospital buildings 28 Cemeteries 28 Dormitories 28 Historic buildings--Pennsylvania 28 Rocks 26 Railroad bridges 24 Flags 24 Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 24 Libraries 24 Trails 22 Boathouses 22 Natural history museums 22 Ponds 22 Restaurants 22 Tombs 22 Trees 20 Dams 20 Diorama 20 Markets 20 Opera 20 Trust companies 20 Water lilies 18 Academic libraries 18 Clubs 18 Driveways 18 Exhibitions 18 Science museums 16 Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (Philadelphia, Pa.) 16 Botanical gardens 16 Log cabins 16 Memorials 16 Offices 16 Shipyards 16 Waterworks 14 Automobiles 14 Battleships 14 Carpenters' Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) 14 Convention facilities 14 Customhouses 14 Museum buildings 14 Private schools 14 Railroads, Elevated 14 Rittenhouse Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) 14 Treaties 12 Boats 12 Canals 12 Cottages 12 Ferries 12 High school buildings 12 Municipal buildings 12 Museum visitors 12 Newspaper presses 12 Panoramas 12 Parkways 12 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 12 Subways 10 Amusement parks 10 Apartment houses 10 Beds (Gardens) 10 Blind--Institutional care 10 Children--Institutional care 10 Drexel Institute of Technology 10 Flowers 10 Logan Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) 10 Newspapers--Circulation 10 Staircases 10 Young Men's Christian associations 8 Boys' schools 8 Children's playhouses 8 Chrysanthemums 8 Courthouses 8 Engineering 8 Entrance halls 8 Gardens 8 Gymnasiums 8 Lobbies (Rooms) 8 Mennonites 8 Monkeys 8 Mural painting and decoration 8 Pagodas 8 Public services (Libraries) 8 Stadiums 8 Temples 8 Towers 8 Trolley cars 8 Winter 8 Women employees 6 Airports 6 Armories 6 Art schools 6 Artists' studios 6 Bank buildings 6 Beavers 6 Birds 6 Cactus 6 Cathedrals 6 College art museums 6 Commercial museums 6 Deaf--Education--United States 6 Elks (Fraternal order) 6 Factories 6 History--Societies, etc. 6 Medical colleges 6 Museum exhibits 6 Orphanages 6 Paper mills 6 Philadelphia Inquirer (Firm) 6 Portraits 6 Quaker church buildings 6 Real estate office buildings 6 Sidewalks 6 Stairs 6 Street-railroads 6 University hospitals 6 Valleys 6 Waterfalls 4 Agriculture 4 Arches 4 Arsenals 4 Auditoriums 4 Autumn 4 Baking 4 Baseball 4 Bedrooms 4 Benjamin Franklin Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.) 4 Bicycles 4 Bookstores 4 Boys 4 Central business districts 4 Chemical laboratories 4 College campuses 4 Columns 4 Commodity exchanges--United States 4 Dental schools 4 Dining rooms 4 Dirt roads 4 Doorways 4 Eagles 4 Fireplaces 4 Foucault's pendulum 4 Gates 4 Girls' schools 4 Harbors 4 Hospitals 4 Hotel lobbies 4 Kitchens 4 Law schools 4 Lighthouses 4 Lion 4 Metal sculpture, French 4 Music rooms and equipment 4 Organ (Musical instrument) 4 Parrots 4 Pavilions 4 Portraits, Group 4 Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--History 4 Print finishing processes 4 Publishers' bindings 4 Rapids 4 Sea-walls 4 Seafood 4 Sheep 4 Springs 4 Stock exchanges 4 Synagogues 4 Taverns (Inns) 4 Temple University 4 Wood duck 4 Writing (Composition) 2 Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 Airplanes--History 2 American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association 2 Animals 2 Anniversaries, etc. 2 Arch Street Meeting House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2 Athletic clubs 2 Automobiles, Racing 2 Balloon ascensions 2 Balloons--History 2 Ballrooms 2 Bandstands 2 Banks and banking 2 Bars (Drinking establishments) 2 Bell Telephone Company 2 Boats and boating 2 Boilers 2 Botany 2 Boy Scouts 2 Business schools 2 Butterflies 2 Canoes and canoeing 2 Centennial celebrations, etc. 2 Children 2 Christmas 2 Church bells 2 Clubhouses 2 Concrete bridges 2 Congress Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2 Conservatories of music 2 Constitutional courts 2 Correspondence 2 Costume--History 2 Country clubs 2 Cowboys 2 Declarations of independence 2 Desert bighorn sheep 2 Drawing rooms 2 Edgar Allan Poe House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2 Elevators 2 Engineering laboratories 2 Engraving--20th century 2 Farmhouses 2 Ferns 2 Fort Mifflin (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2 Foster home care 2 Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Science Museum 2 Gardening 2 Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777 2 Giant panda 2 Glass painting and staining 2 Goats 2 Gondolas 2 Gristmills 2 Hand pumps 2 Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 2 Heraldry 2 High schools 2 Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2 Independence Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2 Independent Order of Odd Fellows 2 Institutional care 2 Insurance companies, American 2 Kiang 2 Laboratories 2 Library buildings 2 Looms 2 Marble industry and trade 2 Mayors 2 Medical laboratories 2 Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932 2 Millet, Jean-Fran??ois, 1814-1875 2 Mills and mill-work 2 Minerals 2 Monasteries 2 Museums 2 Nurseries (Horticulture) 2 Nurses 2 Optometry schools 2 Painting 2 Palms 2 Paper 2 Parades 2 Penn Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2 Perfumes 2 Pets 2 Philadelphia School of Design for Women 2 Philadelphia Textile Institute 2 Physicians 2 Physics 2 Picnic grounds 2 Planetariums 2 Playgrounds 2 Pleasure dairies 2 Polar bear watching 2 Postal service 2 Power-plants 2 Printers 2 Prisons 2 Promenades (Pedestrian areas) 2 Public aquariums 2 Railroad cars 2 Railroad trains 2 Railroad tunnels 2 Railroads 2 Recreation rooms 2 Reflections 2 Regattas 2 Reservoirs 2 Rhinoceroses 2 Roads 2 Rock gardens 2 Rooms 2 Rose gardens 2 Rotundas 2 Sales 2 Schools of architecture 2 Sears, Roebuck and Company 2 Seeds 2 Sheep in art 2 Shipping 2 Signatures (Writing) 2 Skating 2 Sleighs 2 Snow 2 Stockyards 2 Stone bridges 2 Stores, Retail 2 String bands 2 Subscription business 2 Sugar factories 2 Sun--Rising and setting 2 Sundials 2 Swans 2 Tailors 2 Theological seminaries 2 Typewriting--Study and teaching 2 United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 2 Veterinarians 2 Warships 2 Washington Square (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2 Wheelbarrows 2 Women's colleges 2 Women's restrooms 2 Young Women's Christian associations