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Bird's-eye view of Philadelphia / drawn and engraved expressly for Harper's Weekly from sketches by Theodore R. Davis.

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Print shows a bird's-eye view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the Delaware River, Windmill Island, and Smith Island in the foreground, and the Schuylkill River in the background; streets and prominent features identified on print.

C5915 U.S. Copyright Office.

Illus. from: Harper's weekly, v. 16, no. 807 (1872 June 15), supplement.

Supplement to Harper's Weekly, June 15, 1872.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Harper & Brothers, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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01/01/1872
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Davis, Theodore R., artist
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