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Maps: Hestonville, West Philadelphia
Walter S. Bromley's 1892 Atlas of West Philadelphia's 24th and 34th Wards
Description:
Hestonville, area along Lancaster Ave. from 49th to 54th St., as pieced together from plates 13 and 18 of Bromley's 1892 Atlas, ward 24.
Atlas of the City of Philadelphia. From actual surveys and official plans of the Survey Department, by Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley, vol. 10 for the 24th and 34th wards
Author: George Washington Bromley; published by G. W. Bromley, 1885-[94].
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