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The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Histories book collection is a group of 44 books that detail the history of Philadelphia - primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the books are illustrated; showcasing specific events relating to key points in the history and development of Philadelphia during this period as well as details of some of its most important and influential figures.
All the titles contained on this DVD are listed below.
- Philadelphia and its environs (1876) - 158 pages
- Philadelphia, past and present (1915) - Pullinger, Herbert - 52 pages
- Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) - 292 pages
- Travels in Philadelphia (1920) - Morley, Christopher - 264 pages
- Philadelphia in 1830-1: (1830) - E. L. Carey and A. Hart - 286 pages
- Picture of Philadelphia (1835) - E. L. Carey and A. Hart - 329 pages
- A history of Philadelphia (1839) - Bowen, Daniel - 200 pages
- The book of Philadelphia (1920) - Shackleton, Robert - 264 pages
- A sylvan city: or, Quaint corner in Philadelphia (1883) - 413 pages
- Travels in Philadelphia (1920) - Morley, Christopher Stockton, Louise; Barber, Edwin Atlee; Pennell, Elizabeth Robins; Turner, Eliza Sproat; Leach, Frank Willing; Campbell, Helen - 508 pages
- The literary history of Philadelphia (1906) - Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson - 433 pages
- Philadelphia, guide to the city (1920) - Nitzsche, George Erasmus - 111 pages
- The romance of old Philadelphia (1918) - Faris, John Thomson - 404 pages
- What to see in Philadelphia (1911) - Wanamaker, John - 40 pages
- The colonial architecture of Philadelphia (1920) - Cousins, Frank; Riley, Phil M. (Phil Madison) - 248 pages
- The port and city of Philadelphia; (1912) - Taylor, Frank Hamilton; Schoff, Wilfred H. (Wilfred Harvey) - 160 pages
- Early Philadelphia; its people, life and progress (1917) - Lippincott, Horace Mather - 340 pages
- Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad guide book (1877) - Dare, Charles P - 140 pages
- Philadelphia, the place and the people (1912) - Repplier, Agnes - 392 pages
- Distinguished men of Philadelphia and of Pennsylvania (1913) - 102 pages
- The Philadelphia police, past and present (1887) - Sprogle, Howard O - 783 pages
- Fifty glimpses of Philadelphia and vicinity (1895) - 48 pages
- History of the presbytery of Philadelphia, and of the Philadelphia Central (1888) - Nevin, Alfred - 195 pages
- History of the Penrose family of Philadelphia (1903) - Leach, Josiah Granville; Penrose, George Hoffman - 163 pages
- Historic Philadelphia; historic, central, metropolitan, industrial (1922) - 118 pages
- Frazier's centennial pocket guide to Philadelphia .. (1876) - 72 pages
- Byways and boulevards in and about historic Philadelphia (1925) - Brandt, Francis Burke - 318 pages
- Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania (1875) - 206 pages
- An account of the institution and progress of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia during a hundred years, from January, 1787 (1887) - Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman) - 308 pages
- The colonial homes of Philadelphia and its neighborhood (1912) - Eberlein, Harold Donaldson; Lippncott, Horace Mather - 366 pages
- Rand McNally Philadelphia guide to the city and environs (1915) - 126 pages
- The port of Philadelphia, its facilities and advantages (1914) - Sproule, George F. - 75 pages
- Standard history of the medical profession of Philadelphia (1897) - Henry, Frederick P. (Frederick Porteous); Anders, James M. (James Meschter) - 544 pages
- Philadelphia 1681-1887: a history of municipal development; (1887) - Allinson, Edward P. (Edward Pease); Penrose, Boies - 392 pages
- Genealogy of the Wharton family of Philadelphia. 1664 to 1880 (1880) - Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth - 135 pages
- Philadelphia and its manufactures, a hand-book exhibiting the development, variety, and statistics of the Manufacturing Industry of Philadelphia, in 1857; together with sketches of remarkable manufactories, and a list of articles now made in Philadelphia (1860) - Freedley, Edwin Troxel - 517 pages
- Market street, Philadelphia; the most historic highway in America, its merchants and its story (1918) - Jackson, Joseph - 233 pages
- The historic mansions and buildings of Philadelphia : with some notice of their owners and occupants (1877) - Westcott, Thompson - 528 pages
- Penn's greene country towne; pen and pencil sketches of early Philadelphia and its prominent characters (1903) - Hotchkin, Samuel Fitch - 216 pages
- Boyd's co-partnership and residence business directory of Philadelphia city 1st year (1858) - Boyd, William Henry - 1672 pages
- Historical and commercial Philadelphia handsomely illustrated : with supplement of the World's Columbian Exposition (1892) - 283 pages
- Coins and coinage. The United States mint, Philadelphia, history, biography, statistics, work, machinery, products, officials (1881) - Smith, Andrew Madsen - 120 pages
- Philadelphia as it is in 1852 : being a correct guide to all the public buildings; literary, scientific, and benevolent institutions; and places of amusement ; remarkable objects; manufacturies; commercial warehouses; and wholesale and retail stores in Philadelphia and its vicinity .. (1852) - Smith, R. A. - 452 pages
- Magee's illustrated guide of Philadelphia and the Centennial Exhibition : a guide and description to all places of interest in or about Philadelphia, to the Centennial grounds and buildings, and Fairmount Park (1876) - 192 pages
This DVD runs on all Windows and Macintosh computers. You must have a web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader - (available for free download if you do not have it installed on your computer.) The book index is organized in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally accessed. All books on this DVD are searchable and printable.