Entrée principale:

Lippincott, Horace Mather, 1877-1967, author.

Titre et auteur:

Early Philadelphia : its people, life and progress / by Horace Mather Lippincott ... with a photogravure frontispiece by Charles H. Stephens and 119 illustrations from photographs and prints.

Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. ; London : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1917.

Description:

2 preliminary leaves, 3-339, [1] pages : frontispiece, plates ; 25 cm

Notes:
"This limited edition has been printed from type and the type distributed."
The founder -- The early settlers and their city -- The stranger in town -- The churches and their people -- The market place -- Government -- Stage coaches and post roads -- Squares and parks -- Theatres -- The old taverns -- The Library Company -- The American Philosophical Society -- The University -- The Law Academy -- The College of Physicians -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts -- The Academy of Natural Sciences -- The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy -- The Franklin Institute -- The Athenaeum -- The old schools -- Fox hunting -- The Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society -- Cricket -- The Bank of North America -- The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities -- Fire protection -- The Insurance Company of North America -- The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society -- Title insurance and safe deposits -- The oldest business house -- The Franklin Printing Company -- Ships and shipping -- The Dancing Assembly -- The city troop -- The Wistar parties -- The Philadelphia Club -- The Schuylkill Fishing Company -- Friends' Asylum for the Insane -- The Quaker Almshouse and the Bettering House -- The Pennsylvania Hospital -- The Philadelphia Dispensary -- The Abolition Society -- Early denominational societies -- The Carpenters' Company.

Ressources:
Internet Archive, State Library of Pennsylvania

Sujet:

Historic buildings Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Historic buildings
Manners and customs
Philadelphia (Pa.) History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) Social life and customs.
Philadelphie (Penns.) Mœurs et coutumes.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia

Classification/genre:

History

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 6673
Cote: W3002; ID:87-B12757
Statut: Disponible