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Early Philadelphia; its people, life and progress / by Horace Mather Lippincott ... with a photogravure frontispiece by Charles H. Stephens and 119 illustrations from photographs and prints.
LIBRA F158.3.L76
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Rare Books Collection F158.3 .L76 1917
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lippincott, Horace Mather, 1877-1967.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Buildings.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
- Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Historic buildings.
- Physical Description:
- 339 pages : frontispiece, plates. ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia; London : J. B. Lippincott company, 1917.
- Contents:
- The founder
- The early settlers and their city
- The stranger in town
- The churches and their people
- The market place
- Government
- Stage coaches and post roads
- Squares and parks
- Theartres
- The old taverns
- The Library Company
- The American Philosophical Society
- The university
- The law academy
- The College of Physicians
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- The Academy of the Natural Sciences
- The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
- The Franklin Institute
- The Athenaeum
- The old schools
- Fox hunting
- The Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society
- Cricket
- The Bank of North America
- The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities
- Fire protection
- The Insurance Company of North America
- The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society
- The insurance and safe deposits
- The oldest business house
- The Franklin Printing Company
- Ships and shipping
- The dancing assembly
- The city troop
- The Wistar parties
- The Philadelphia Club
- The Schuylkill Fishing Company
- Friends' asylum for the insane
- The Quaker Almshouse and the Bettering House
- The Pennsylvania Hospital
- The Philadelphia Dispensary
- The Abolition Society
- Early denominational societies
- The Carpenter's Company.
- Notes:
- "This limited edition has been printed from type and the type distributed."
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum has 2 copies.
- Athenaeum copy: 2nd copies from Eli P. Zebooker collection.
- Athenaeum copy: Copy 2 bears bookplate: "Ex libris eli p. zebooker."
- OCLC:
- 1525609
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