Map of Philadelphia area placing West Philadelphia in context
West Philadelphia Community History Center

Faculty and Students at the University of Pennsylvania inaugurated this heritage site in the spring of 2008.
This virtual history center will be an ever-revised and expanded resource by and for members of the
West Philadelphia community, and especially for teachers and their students.

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Maps: 52nd and Market Streets, West Philadelphia
E.V. Smith's 1909 Atlas of the 27th & 46th wards, and
J.L. Smith's 1911-1912 Atlas of the 24th, 34th & 44th Wards of the City of Philadelphia

Sections of plates pieced together to show 52nd and Market Streets, below Market (1909 Atlas, plate 12) and above Market (1911 Atlas, plate 16)

Description:

Sections of plates pieced together to show 52nd and Market Streets, below Market (1909 Atlas, plate 12) and above Market (1911 Atlas, plate 16).

Atlas of the 27th & 46th wards of the city of Philadelphia: from private plans, actual surveys & official records.
Compiled & published by Elvino V. Smith, 1909.

Atlas of the 24th, 34th & 44th Wards of the City of Philadelphia: Philadelphia: compiled from from private plans, actual surveys & official plans in the Bureau of Surveys.
Published by J. L. Smith, 1911.

 


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