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• A Hand-Book for the Stranger in Philadelphia: Containing Descriptions Of All the Objects of Interest in the City and its Environs; With Views of the Public Buildings (Philadelphia: G. S. Appleton, 1849), by W. Williams (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Our Philadelphia (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1914), by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, illust. by Joseph Pennell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Travels in Philadelphia (David McKay company, 1920), by Christopher Morley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Independence square neighborhood : historical notes on Independence and Washington squares, lower Chestnut street, and the insurance district along Walnut street, in Philadelphia, together with some account of the buildings, events, and personages of State house row, illustrated with photographs, sketches, and old prints. (The Penn mutual life insurance company, 1926), by Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and Carroll Frey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Sesqui-centennial High street (Press of J.B. Lippincott company, 1926), by Sarah D. Lowrie and Mabel Stewart Ludlum (page images at HathiTrust)
• What Philadelphia is: sketch of the industries and leading characteristics of the city. With special reference to its historic past. (Printed by J. B. Lippincott company, 1890), by Franklin Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Fairmount parkway; a pictoral record of development from its first incorporation in the city plan in 1904 to the completion of the main drive from City hall to Fairmount park in 1919 ... (Philadelphia, 1919), by Fairmount Park Art Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter from William Penn, proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the committee of the Free society of traders of that province, residing in London. (Printed and sold by A. Sowle, 1683. [Tottenham, Re-printed by J. Coleman, 1881), by William Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia: the place and the people (The Macmillan company;, 1898), by Agnes Repplier and Ernest Clifford Peixotto (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia and notable Philadelphians (M. King, 1902), by Moses King (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters from the South and West (Pub. by Richardson and Lord, J. H. A. Frost, printer, 1824), by Henry C. Knight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1914., 1914), by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The port and city of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1912), by Pa.) Local Organizing Commission International Congress of Navigation (12th : 1912 : Philadelphia, Wilfred H. Schoff, and Frank H. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Philadelphia electrical handbook; a sketch of the city and some of its great enterprises for the information of visitors from abroad attending the International electrical congress, Saint Louis, Missouri, September, 1904. (Pub. under the auspices of the American institute of electrical engineers, 1904), by American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Frank H. Taylor, and St. Louis International electrical congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• The regional plan of the Philadelphia tri-state district (Press of Wm. F. Fell co.], 1932), by Regional Planning Federation of the Philadelphia Tri-State District (page images at HathiTrust)
• A picture of the region. (The Federation, 1926?], 1926), by Regional Planning Federation of the Philadelphia Tri-State District (page images at HathiTrust)
• America's most historic highway : Market street, Philadelphia (John Wanamaker, 1926), by Joseph Jackson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia : the place and the people (Macmillan, 1912), by Agnes Repplier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia, past and present (L. Phillips, 1915), by Herbert Pullinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Regional plan for the Philadelphia tri-state district : a special report. The Delaware river bridge approach ([Philadelphia, 1926), by Regional Planning Federation of the Philadelphia Tri-State District (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A new home for an old house. (1927), by Philadelphia Drexel & Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book of Philadelphia (The Penn publishing company, 1920), by Robert Shackleton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Caspipina's letters; containing Observations on a variety of subjects, literary, moral, and religious. (Printed by J. Jones, 1792), by Jacob Duché and Edmund Rack (page images at HathiTrust)
• Au pays des dollars (C. Lévy, 1893), by Marius Bernard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The hermit in Philadelphia. Second series ... (Published for the author by J. Maxwell and Moses Thomas..., 1821), by Robert Waln (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Philadelphia, with a notice of villages in the vicinity ... with an historical account of the military operations of the late war, including the names of over two thousand patriotic officers, and citizen soldiers ... in 1812, -13, & 14. (Daniel Bowen, 1839), by Daniel Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Picture of Philadelphia : giving an account of its origin, increase and improvements in arts, sciences, manufactures, commerce and revenue : with a compendious view of its societies, literary, benevolent, patriotic, and religious : embracing the public buildings, the House of Refuge, prison, new penitentiary, widows' and orphans' asylum, Fair Mount Water Works, &c. : with a variety of interesting miscellaneous matter : and about thirty plates and wood cuts (Robert Desilver, 1831), by James Mease and Thomas Porter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The city of Philadelphia as it appears in the year 1893; a compilation of facts for the information of business men, travelers, and the world at large. (Pub. for the organization by G. S. Harris & sons, 1893), by Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and Frank H. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The city of Philadelphia as it appears in the year 1894; a compilation of facts supplied by distinguished citizens for the information of business men, travelers, and the world at large. (G. S. Harris & sons, 1894), by Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and Frank H. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• University of Pennsylvania; its history, traditions, buildings and memorials; also a brief guide to Philadelphia (International printing company, 1916), by George Erazmus Nitzsche (page images at HathiTrust)
• University of Pennsylvania : its history, traditions, buildings and memorials; also a brief guide to Philadelphia (International printing company, 1918), by George Erazmus Nitzsche (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Public ledger almanacs. For ... 1870-73. (G.W. Childs, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Picture of Philadelphia, for 1824, containing the "Picture of Philadelphia, for 1811, by James Mease, M.D." with all its improvements since that period. (Printed by T. Town, 1823), by Thomas Wilson and James Mease (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nineteenth annual conference; Philadelphia, Pa., June twenty-first to twenty-fifth, 1897. (Local Committee, 1897), by Pa.) American Library Association. General Conference 1897 : Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• The bulletin, year book and citizens' manual of Philadelphia. 1924. (Evening bulletin, 1924) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le port et la ville de Philadelphie (Comité local d'organization du Congrès, 1912), by Frank H. Taylor, Wilfred H. Schoff, and Pa.). Local Organizing Commission International Congress of Navigation (12th : 1912 : Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• University of Pennsylvania: its history, traditions, buildings and memorials: also a brief guide to Philadelphia (International printing company, 1918), by George Erasmus Nitzsche (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia. (J. B. Lippincott co., 1891), by William S. Washburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statistics of Philadelphia: comprehending a concise view of all the public institutions and the fire engine and hose companies of the city and county of Philadelphia, on the first of January, 1842. (Printed no. 35 Walnut street, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of Philadelphia (The Penn Publishing Company, 1918), by Robert Shackleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1839), by Daniel Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Souvenir 12th Annual Convention of the National Association of Master Plumbers (Printed for the Master Plumbers' Association, by G. S. Harris], 1895), by National Association of Plumbing Contractors (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts in relation to the progressive increase, present condition, and future prospects, of Philadelphia, as connected with the permanent location of public buildings. (Printed by J. Sharp, 1838), by Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Souvenir of the visit of the International American conference to the city of Philadelphia, November 10-13, 1889. (J.B. Lippincott company, 1890), by Franklin Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hafen und Stadt Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1912), by International Congress of Navigation (12th : 1912 : Philadelphia) Local Organizing Commission, Wilfred H. Schoff, and Frank Hamilton Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Picture of Philadelphia, for 1824, containing the "Picture of Philadelphia, for 1811, by James Mease, M.D." with all its improvements since that period. (Printed by T. Town, 1823), by Thomas Wilson, James Mease, and Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Where we live; a home geography (Christopher Sower Company, 1913), by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia, the birthplace of the nation, the pivot of industry, the city of homes. (Shelden company, inc., 1904), by Henry Graham Ashmead and Philadelphia. West End trust co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rand, McNally & Co.'s handy guide to Philadelphia and environs, including Atlantic City and Cape May. (Rand, McNally & Co., 1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia maneto Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, the birthplace of liberty, rich in historic interest, foremost as a manufacturing center, noted for educational facilities, the city of homes (Philadelphia master plumbers' association, 1913), by William W. Mátos and National association of master plumbers (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse delivered before the Society for the commemoration of the landing of William Penn. (R.H. Small, 1825), by Charles Jared Ingersoll, Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), and Philadelphia Society for the Commemoration of the landing of William Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Caspipina's letters; containing observations on a variety of subjects, literary, moral, and religious (Reprinted by R. Crutt Well, and sold by E. and C. Dilly and J. Phillips, London, 1777), by Jacob Duché and Edmund Rack (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse delivered before the Society for the Commemoration of the Landing of William Penn. On the 24th of October, 1825. ... (Published by R. H. Small., 1825), by Charles Jared Ingersoll and Society for the Commemoration of the Landing of William Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of Philadelphia : with a notice of villages, in the vicinity containing a correct account of the city improvements, up to the year 1839; also, the state of society, in relation to science, religion, and morals; with an historical account of the military operations of the late war, including the names of over two thousand patriotic officers, and citizen soldiers. In 1812,-13, & 14. (D. Bowen, 1839), by Daniel Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A century after: picturesque glimpses of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania (Allen, Lane & Scott and J.W. Lauderbach, 1875), by Earl Shinn (page images at HathiTrust)
• The city of Philadelphia as it appears in the year 1894 (G. S. Harris & sons, 1894), by Philadelphia. Chamber of commerce and Frank Hamilton Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The city of Philadelphia as it appears in the year 1893 (G. S. Harris & sons, 1893), by Philadelphia. Chamber of commerce and Frank Hamilton Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our Philadelphia (J. B. Lippincott Co., 1914), by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians. (The North American, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cultural landscape report, Independence Square (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1997), by Bill Brookover, United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation (U.S.), and Independence National Historical Park (Philadelphia. Pa.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Stranger's guide in Philadelphia and its environs : including Laurel Hill, Woodlands, Monument, Odd Fellows and Glenwood cemeteries : with illustrations. (Lindsay, and Blakiston, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The historic mansions and buildings of Philadelphia with some notice of their owners and occupants (Porter & Coates, 1877), by Thompson Westcott (page images at HathiTrust)
• 1776 1876 (J.B. Myers, 1876), by Ella E. Myers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vom Steinberg zum Felsengebirg : ein Ausflug in die neue Welt im Jahre der Weltausstellung von St. Louis 1904 (V. Bauch, 1905), by Liborius Gerstenberger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Canadian centennial guide to New York and Philadelphia by thirty different routes containing a detailed statement of each route, and its cost from every large town in Canada. (s.n.], 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The illustrated history of th Centennial Exhibition held in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of American independence with a full description of the great buildings and all the objects of interest exhibited in them, embracing also a concise history of the origin and success of the exhibition, and biographies of the leading members of the Centennial Commission; to which is added a complete description of the city of Philadelphia (J.B. Magurn, 1876), by James D. McCabe (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Medical Association Semi-centennial Meeting, Philadelphia, 1897 (Elliot, 1897), by American Medical Association, Jefferson Medical College, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania. Department of Medicine, and Phila. Semi-centennial meeting (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rand McNally and Company's handy guide to Philadelphia and environs (Rand McNally & Co., 1896), by William E. Meehan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diary of the Japanese visit to Philadelphia in 1872 : containing descriptions of the manufacturing establishments, public buildings, and other places of interest inspected by them. To which is added a brief appendix, containing the commercial and manufacturing statistics of Philadelphia. (H.B. Ashmead, book and job printer, 1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our Philadelphia (J.B. Lippincott Company, 1914), by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia. ([Philadelphia, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia and its environs. (J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1876), by J.B. Lippincott & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia : the place and the people (Macmillan, 1909), by Agnes Repplier and Ernest Clifford Peixotto (page images at HathiTrust)
• Little journeys around old Philadelphia (Peter Reilly Co., 1925), by George Barton and Frank H. Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia : the place and the people (Macmillan, 1925), by Agnes Repplier and Ernest C. Peixotto (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Wissahickon valley within the city of Philadelphia (Corn Exchange National Bank, 1927), by Francis Burke Brandt (page images at HathiTrust)
• See Philadelphia : a visitor's handbook (Joseph A. McGuckin, 1953), by Joseph Jackson, United States National Park Service, and Philadelphia Transportation Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A century after : picturesque glimpses of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania : including Fairmount, the Wissahickon, and other romantic localities, with the cities and landscapes of the state : a pictorial representation of scenery, architecture, life, manners, and character (Allen, Lane & Scott :, 1875), by Earl Shinn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philadelphia : its location, commerce, industries, history and points of interest (Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, 1917), by Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company : Ericsson Line (Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company, in the 19th century), by Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• USA, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and George Washington country. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, United States Travel Service, 1980), by United States Travel Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pennsylvania arts and sciences. June, 1935 : a guide to Philadelphia. (Philadelphia, Pa. : Pennsylvania Society for Promotion of Arts and Sciences, 1935), by Pennsylvania Society for Promotion of Arts and Sciences (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A letter from William Penn, poprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the Committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province residing in London containing a general description of the said province, its soil, air, water, seasons, and produce ... of the natives, or, aborigines, their language, customs, and manners ... of the first planters, the Dutch &c. ... to which is added an account of the city of Philadelphia ... (London : Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle, 1683), by William Penn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A letter from William Penn, proprietary and governour of Pennsylvania in America, to the Committee of the Free Society of Traders of that province, residing in London containing a general description of the said province, its soil, air, water, seasons, and produce ... of the natives or aborigines, their language, customs, and manners ... of the first planters, the Dutch &c. ... as also an account of the city of Philadelphia ... with a portraiture or plat-form thereof ... ([London] : Printed by appointment of the said committee, by Andrew Sowle ..., 1683), by William Penn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Observations on a variety of subjects, literary, moral and religious; in a series of original letters, / written by a gentleman of foreign extraction, who resided some time in Philadelphia. ; Revised by a friend, to whose hands the manuscript was committed for publication. (Philadelphia: : Printed by John Dunlap., M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]), by Jacob Duché and James Hamilton (HTML at Evans TCP)

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