History of Philadelphia
1609-1884

by J. Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott


List of Illustrations

I did not realize how many engravings these three volumes contained until I spent four hours digitizing the illustration lists, using a text recognition program. These volumes are available in many libraries around Philadelphia, so I assumed that this might be useful research tool. The list is not too long to be printed out, or it can be searched (using your browser’s "Find on this Page” tool) for topics of interest. I have a dream of someday digitizing the entire three volume set, illustrations and text. I have already scanned a few of the engravings, which are linked to the list below. Some of the engravings are small and set amid the text, while others are finely made and tipped into the volumes. A few of the maps are fold-outs, on fragile onion-skin paper.

I have merged the lists for all three volumes alphabetically, which was possible because the pagination is continuous from volume to volume. The all-CAPS formatting for the text is from the original lists. As always, text recognition is not an exact process, especially with older volumes, and in spite of spellchecking and proofreading errors inevitably creep in. Please let me know if you find any.

Volume 1 covers pages 1-852d
Volume 2 covers pages 853-1702
Volume 3 covers pages 1703-2399

The History of Philadelphia's Watersheds and Sewers

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ACADEMY OF MUSIC (EXTERIOR), 1084
ACADEMY OF MUSIC (INTERIOR), 1085
ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, 1203
ACRELIUS, ISRAEL, 1239
AGNEW, D. HAYES, 1626
ALLEN, RICHARD, 1397
ALLEN, W. H, 1947
ALMSHOUSE, FRIENDS' OLD, 191
AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 1489
ANDRE, MAJOR J., 381
APPRENTICES' LIBRARY, 1209
ARMS OF PENN, 80
ARNOLD, GEN. BENEDICT, 389
ARNOLD, MRS. BENEDICT (PEGGY SHIPPEN), 1692
ASBURY, FRANCIS, 1395
ASSOCIATION BATTERY, 215
ATHENAEUM LIBRARY BUILDING, 1207
AUTOGRAPHS OF GOVERNORS, DEPUTY GOVERNORS, PRESIDENTS OF COUNCILS, ASSISTANTS IN THE GOVERNMENT, AND SPEAKERS OF ASSEMBLY (FROM 1682 TO 1700), 128
AUTOGRAPHS OF PENN AND ATTESTING WITNESSES TO THE CHARTER OF 1682, 111
BAIRD, MATTHEW, 2178
BALDWIN ENGINE (1834), 2256
BALDWIN ENGINE (1842), 2257
BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, 2256
BALDWIN, M. W., 2255
BANK MEETING-HOUSE, 121
BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, 2095
BARCLAY, JAMES J., 1840
BARRY, JOHN, 304
BARTRAM'S HOUSE, 234
BEMENT, WILLIAM B., 2266
BIDDLE, ALEXANDER, 1948
BIDDLE, CAPT. JAMES, 557
BIDDLE, NICHOLAS, 1539
BINGHAM, MRS. WILLIAM, 1693
BINGHAM, WILLIAM, 1180
BINNEY, HORACE, 1541
BISPHAM, SAMUEL, 2224
BLUE ANCHOR INN, 981
BONBRIGHT, JAMES, 2313
BOOK-PLATE OF DR. BENJAMIN RUSH, 1188
BOUQUET, HENRY, 252
BRADFORD, WILLIAM, 1965
BRIDGE AND TUNNEL, FAIRMOUNT PARK, 1857
BRITISH BARRACKS, 253
BRITISH STAMP, 271
BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN, 1133
BROWN, DAVID PAUL, 1549
CADWALADER, DR. THOMAS, 1581
CADWALADER, JOHN, 295
CALDWELL, S. A., 2103
CALLOWHILL STREET BRIDGE, 1853
CAREY, MATHEW, 1141
CARICATURE OF COBBETT, 498
CARPENTERS' HALL, 290
CARPENTER'S MANSION, 854
CARR, BENJAMIN, 1077
CARROLL, MRS. CHARLES, JR., 1696
CATHCART, WILLIAM, 1310
CATHEDRAL OF STS. PETER AND PAUL, 1385
CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 1408
CENTRE SQUARE, 1843
CHAMBER Of COMMERCE, 2344
CHANDLER, JOSEPH R., 1171
CHAPMAN, NATHANIEL, 1612
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, 1450
CHESTNUT STREET IN 1803, 511
CHESTNUT STREET THEATRE, FIRST (INTERIOR), 971
CHEW MANSION, 356
CHEW, BENJAMIN, 345
CHILDS, GEORGE W., 2008
CHRIST CHURCH CHIMES, 1344
CHRIST CHURCH, 1345
CHRIST CHURCH, FIRST, 1342
CHURCH OF ST. JAMES THE LESS, 1354
CHURCHES OF PHILADELPHIA, 1230
CITY HALL, Frontispiece Vol. 3.
CLAGHORN, J. L., 1072
CLARK, ENOCH W., 2100
CLARKE'S HALL AND DOCK CREEK, 181
CLARK'S INN, 982
CLAY, J. C., 1240
COAT OF ARMS OF JAMES LOGAN, 1174
COATES, GEORGE M., 2332
COBBETT, CARICATURE OF, 498
COCHRAN, THOMAS, 2104
COLKET, COFFIN, 202
COMLY, F. A., 2188
CONTINENTAL CURRENCY, 336
CONTINENTAL HOTEL, 998
COOPER SHOP VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT SALOON, 831
COOPER'S PROSPECT, Frontispiece, Vol. 1
COPE, THOMAS P, 2337
COSTUMES, 890
COSTUMES, 916
COTTAGE OF TOM MOORE, 1866
COURT-HOUSE, TOWN HALL, AND MARKET IN 1710, 187
COXE, TENCH, 1135
CRAMP, WILLIAM, 2338
CREAM POT PRESENTED TO HENRY HILL BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 859
CROSS, BENJAMIN, 2291
CUYLER, THEODORE, 1546
DALLAS, A. J., 1526
DE VRIES, DAVID PIETERSEN, 60
DELAWARE INDIAN FAMILY, 49
DELAWARE INDIAN FORT, 43
DEVIL'S POOL, 1858
DIAGRAM OF INDIAN HOUSE, 41
DICKINSON, JOHN, 276
DISSTON & SONS, WORKS OF, 2269
DISSTON, HENRY, 2268
DOBSON, J. A J., MILLS OF, 2309
DOL AN, THOMAS, WORKS OF, 2307
DOLAN, THOMAS, 2306
DRAKE, THOMAS, 2302
DRAKE, THOMAS, RESIDENCE OF, 2303
DREXEL, A. J., 2102
DU PONCEAU, P. S., 1123
DUCHE, REV. JACOB, 291
DUCHE'S, REV. JACOB, HOUSE, 292
DUNDAS, JAMES, 2098
DUNLAP'S (JOHN) HOUSE, 926
D'YRUJO, MARCHIONESS (SALLY MCKEAN), 1695
ELECTION SCENE IN FRONT OF STATE-HOUSE IN 1815, 938
ELLIS, THOMAS S., 2324
ELLISON, JOHN B., 2304
ELWYN, ALFRED L., 1462
EVANS' STEAM CARRIAGE, 522
EVANS, OLIVER, 521
FAC-SIMILE OF "WEEKLY MERCURY", 227
FAIRMOUNT WATER-WORKS, 1854
FERGUSON, MRS. ELIZABETH, 391
FIDELITY INSURANCE, TRUST, AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY BUILDING, 2103
FITCH'S FIRST STEAMBOAT, 2166
FITCH'S SECOND STEAMBOAT, 2168
FITLER, E. H., 2311
FlRST HOSE-CARRIAGE, 1895
FORNEY, J. W., 2054
FORREST, EDWIN, 976
FORT CASIMIR OR TRINITY FORT, 70
FORT WILSON, RESIDENCE OF JAMES WILSON, 401
FOUNTAIN AND STAND-PIPE, FAIRMOUNT PARK, 1869
FOUNTAIN IN RITTENHOUSE SQUARE, 1849
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION IN CENTRE SQUARE IN 1819, 936
FRAME'S POEM, TITLE PAGE OF, 223
FRANKLIN AT THE AGE OF TWENTY, 220
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, 458
FRANKLIN'S BIRTHPLACE, 219
FRANKLIN'S CERTIFICATE AS MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY, AND RECEIPT FOR SALARY, 240
FRANKLIN'S GRATE, 459
FRANKLIN'S PRESS, 229
FRIENDS' MEETING-HOUSE NEAR MERION, 1244
FULTON, ROBERT, 1040
FURNESS, WILLIAM HENRY, 1406
GALLATIN, ALBERT, 580
GERMANTOWN ACADEMY, 255
GIRARD COLLEGE, 1945
GIRARD, STEPHEN, 630
GIRARD'S BANK, 2097
GIRARD'S DWELLING AND COUNTING-HOUSE IN 1831, 631
GIRLS' NORMAL SCHOOL, 1933
GODDARD, WILLIAM, 285
GODEY, LOUIS A., 1996
GODFREY'S (THOMAS) HOUSE, 872
GORDON, PATRICK, 178
GRAEME, THOMAS, 1579
GREAT SEAL OF PENNSYLVANIA IN 1712, OBVERSE AND REVERSE, 122
GROSS, S. D., 1624
GUARANTEE TRUST AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY BUILDING, 2104
HAHNEMANN MEDICAL COLLEGE, 1658
HAMILTON, ANDREW, 1501
HARRAH, C. J., 2204
HARRISON, JOSEPH, JR., 2258
HARTSHORNE, CHARLES, 2189
HEAD-DRESS FOR THE MESCHIANZA, 380
HEBREW SYNAGOGUE (BROAD STREET), 1442
HENRY, ALEXANDER, 803
HOLME'S MAP OF PHILADELPHIA AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY, 108
HOLME'S PORTRAITURE OF PHILADELPHIA, 96
HOMINY MAN, 930
HOOPES, BARTON, 2267
HOPKINSON, FRANCIS, 1521
HOPKINSON, JOSEPH, 1533
HORTICULTURAL HALL (CENTENNIAL), 847
HOSPITALS IN PHILADELPHIA, 1664
HOUSE WHERE JEFFERSON WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 320
HUDSON, HENRY, 53
HUNTER, JOHN, 1716
HUTTER, EDWIN W., 1428
HUTTER, ELIZABETH E., 1456
INDEPENDENCE BELL, 245
INDEPENDENCE HALL (1884), 1797
INDEPENDENCE HALL IN 1778, 322
INDEPENDENCE HALL IN 1876 (INTERIOR), 318
INDIAN AUTOGRAPHS, 39
JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, 1678
JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE, 1649
JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, 2328
KANE, DR. ELISHA K., 725
KEITH, GOVERNOR SIR WILLIAM, 177
KELLEY, WILLIAM D., 1550
KEYSTONE WATCH CASE MANUFACTORY, 2335
KNEASS, STRICKLAND, 1748
KNIGHT, E. C., 2186
LAFAYETTE ARCH, 609
LAY, BENJAMIN, 1120
LEIDY, JOSEPH, 1619
LETITIA HOUSE, 109
LEWIS, MORDECAI, 2276
LEWIS, S. N., 2276
LEWIS, WILLIAM, 1527
LINCOLN MONUMENT, 1860
LINDSTROM'S MAP OF DELAWARE BAY AND RIVER, 74
LINDSTROM'S MAP OF NEW SWEDEN ON THE DELAWARE, 73
LIPPINCOTT, J. B., 2330
LlVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING, 2124
LOGAN, JAMES, 161
LOGAN, JAMES, COAT OF ARMS, 1174
LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE, 282
LUTHERAN CHURCH (1743, 1420
LYON, PATRICK, 1907
MACHINERY HALL (CENTENNIAL), 845
MACKELLAR, THOMAS, 2325
MACPHERSON BLUE, A, 494
MAIN CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION BUILDING, 841
MAP OF DELAWARE BAY AND RIVER, 71
MARKET-HOUSE (SECOND AND PINE STREETS), 213
MASONIC HALL IN 1802, 2066
MASONIC TEMPLE, 2069
MCCLURE, A. K., 2048
MCKEAN, THOMAS, 1516
MCLANE, COL. ALLEN, 375
MCMlCHAEL, MORTON, 1972
MEADE, GEN. GEORGE G., 812
MEETING-PLACE OF THE FIRST ASSEMBLY AT UPLAND, 102
MEMORIAL HALL, 844
MERCANTILE LIBRARY, 1212
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGEM, 2348
MEREDITH, WILLIAM M., 1542
MESCHIANZA PROCESSION, 379
MESCHIANZA TICKET, 378
MIFFLIN, JAMES L., 2212
MIFFLIN, THOMAS, 280
MILES, GEN. SAMUEL, 308
MONUMENT TO MARK THE SITE OF THE TREATY-TREE, 106
MOORE, THOMAS, 928
MORAVIAN CHURCH (1742), 1323
MORRIS HOUSE (SAMUEL B. MORRIS' HOUSE, WASHINGTON'S RESIDENCE IN GERMANTOWN IN 1793), 278
MORRIS, ROBERT, 277
MOTT, LUCRETIA, 1697
MOUNT PLEASANT, 390
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY, 1955
MOYAMENSING PRISON, 1835
MUD ISLAND IN 1777, 381
MUHLENBERG, G. H. E., 1124
MUNDELL, JOHN, 2288
NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH (SWEDENBORGIAN), 1435
NIXON, JOHN, 321
NORRIS (CHARLES) MANSION, 870
NORRIS, ISAAC, 1500
OATH AND SIGNATURES OF GOVERNOR MARKHAM'S COUNCIL IN 1681, 94
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 338
OGONTZ SEMINARY, 1957
OLD IRONSIDES ENGINE, 2178
OLD STAGE-COACH, 2163
OLD STAGE-WAGON, 2160
OSWALD, COL. ELEAZER, 425
PAINE, THOMAS, 309
PANCOAST, JOSEPH, 1620
PAOLI MONUMENT, 349
PASTORIUS HOUSE (GERMANTOWN0, 895
PATRIOTS' PEW IN CHRIST CHURCH, 1335
PATTERSON, GEN. ROBERT, 755
PATTERSON, JOSEPH, 2108
PEALE, CHARLES WILSON, 1036
PEMBERTON PLANTATION, 1668
PENN, JOHN, 258
PENN, WILLIAM, 77
PENN'S BREW-HOUSE, 153
PENN'S BURIAL-PLACE, 82
PENN'S CLOCK, 163
PENN'S SILVER TEA SERVICE, 859
PENN'S TREATY-TREE IN 1800, 104
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (OLD), 1070
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 1071
PENNSYLVANIA HALL, 651
PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (OLD BUILDING), 1220
PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1221
PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL, 281
PENNY POT-HOUSE, 981
PETERS, RICHARD, 1529
PHILADELPHIA ARCADE, 618
PHILADELPHIA BANK, 536
PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY (INTERIOR), 1385
PHILADELPHIA PRESS BUILDING, 2029
PHILADELPHIA RECORD BUILDING, 2040
PHILADELPHIA TRUST, SAFE DEPOSIT, AND INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING, 2106
PHILADELPHIA, PROM STATE-HOUSE STEEPLE, Frontispiece, Vol. 2
PHILADELPHIA, SOUTH-EAST PROSPECT, BY PETER COOPER, Frontispiece Vol. 1
PHYSICK, P. S., 1604
PILLORY, 201
PLAN OF BRITISH FORTIFICATIONS AROUND PHILADELPHIA IN 1777, 360
PLAN OF FORT MIFFLIN, 363
PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN, 354
PLAN OF THE TOWN AND FORT OF CHRISTIANA, 64
PLAT OF APPROACHES TO GERMANTOWN, 353
PLAT OF OPERATIONS ON THE DELAWARE, 306
POOR RICHARD ALMANAC (1733), TITLE-PAGE OF, 237
POST-OFFICE, 1811
POULSON, ZACHARIAH, 1166
POWERS &, WEIGHTMAN'S MANUFACTORY, 2274
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCF, SECOND, 1272
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ASSOCIATE, 1276
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, THIRD, 1267
PRESIDENT'S CHAIR, AND THE DESK UPON WHICH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS SIGNED, 317
PRICE, ELI K., 1536
PROUD, ROBERT, 1130
PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY BUILDING, 2122
PROVINCIAL CURRENCY, 1977
PUBLIC LEDGER BUILDING, 2006
RANDALL, S. J., 2218
READ, T. BUCHANAN, 1172
REDMAN, JOHN, 1592
REED, HENRY, 1152
REED, JOSEPH, 279
REFORMED CHURCH, FIRST, 1411
RESIDENCE OF LORD HOWE, 351
RIDGWAY BRANCH OF THE PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY, 1182
RIDGWAY, JACOB, 1187
RlTTENHOUSE OBSERVATORY AT NORRITON, 261
RlTTENHOUSE, DAVID, 263
ROGUE, M. B., 1434
RUSH, BENJAMIN, 1590
RUSH, DR. BENJAMIN, BOOK-PLATE OF, 1188
RUSH, DR. JAMES, 1186
RUSH, MRS. JAMES, 1186
SANITARY FAIR BUILDING, 815
SARTAIN, JOHN, 1060
SAUR'S HOUSE, GEHMANTOWN, 1964
SCHUYLKILL CLUB EMBLEM, 233
SCOTT, THOMAS A., 2194
SCULL & HEAP'S MAP OF PHILADELPHIA IN 1750, 14
SEAL OF PHILADELPHIA IN 1683, 111
SEAL OF PHILADELPHIA IN 1701, 173
SEAL OF PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY, 1180
SECOND STREET NORTH FROM MARKET ABOUT 1800, 511
SELLERS, WILLIAM, 2264
SERGEANT, JOHN, 1535
SHADDOCK'S GRATE, 1002
SHARSWOOD, GEORGE, 1548
SHEE, JOHN, 307
SHEPPARD, FUHMAN, 1552
SHIPPEN, EDWARD (FIRST MAYOR), 158
SHIPPEN, EDWARD, 1509
SHIPPEN'S (EDWARD) MANSION, 871
SIMPSON, MATTHEW, 1400
SINGERLY, WILLIAM M., 2042
SLATE-ROOF HOUSE, 147
SLAVE ADVERTISEMENTS, 200, 256
SMITH, EDMUND, 2196
SMITH, JOHN JAY, 1134
SMITH, RICHARD S., 2116
SMITH, WILLIAM, 1126
SNOWDEN, A. LOUDON, 1818
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT, GIRARD COLLEGE, 1877
SOUTHWARK THEATRE, OLD, 966
ST. AUGUSTINE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 667
ST. CLAIR, GEN. ARTHUR, 437
ST. GEORGE'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 1396
ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH (1776), 1371
STATE-HOUSE IN 1744, 207
STEWART, CAPT. CHARLES, 748
STOCKS, 857
STONE PRISON, 202
STRUTHERS, WILLIAM, 2294
STUART, GEORGE H., 830
STUART, GILBERT, 1043
STUYVESANT, GOVERNOR PETER, 68
SULLY, THOMAS, 1047
SUSQUEHANNAH INDIAN, 33
SWAIN, WILLIAM M., 2004
SWEDES' CHURCH (GLORIA DEI), 1234
THOMSON, CHARLES, 274
THOMSON, J. EDGAR, 2190
THOMSON'S, CHARLES, RESIDENCE, 275
TILGHMAN, WILLIAM, 1513
TIMES BUILDING, 2046
TITLE-PAGE OF FRAME'S POEM, 223
TOWNSEND MILL, 2295
TREAD-MILL, 1830
TUNKER CHURCH (GERMANTOWN), 1315
UNION LEAGUE CLUB-HOUSE, 1097
UNITE OR DIE, 303
UNITED STATES CUSTOM-HOUSE IN 1884, 1804
UNITED STATES CUSTOM-HOUSE, FIRST, 1803
UNITED STATES MINT, 1816
UNITED STATES NAVAL ASYLUM, 1669
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (1884), 1941
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (FIRST), 1938
UPTON, JOHN, 2072
UPTON'S HOTEL, DOCK STREET, IN 1821, 2071
VAUX, RICHARD, 1544
VOLLMER, GOTTLIEB, 2333
WALNUT STREET PRISON, 267
WASHINGTON GUARDS, 563
WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS AT VALLEY FORGE, 369
WATCHMAN, OLD, 858
WATSON, JOHN FANNING
WEBB, THOMAS, 1394
WELSH, HON. JOHN, 842
WEST, BENJAMIN, 1032
WHARTON MANSION, 377
WHEELER, CHARLES, 2252
WHELEN, ISRAEL, 2086
WHELEN, TOWNSEND, 2088
WHITE, WILLIAM, 1332
WHITEFIELD, GEORGE, 238
WICACO BLOCK-HOUSE, 1024
WILCOX, MARK, 2321
WILLING, THOMAS, 276
WILSON'S SCHOOL-HOUSE, 1925
WINSOR, HENRY, 2170
WISSAHICKON VIEWS, 1864
WISTAR, CASPAR, 1594
WlLLIAMSON, HUGH, 1146
WOOD, GEORGE B., 1602
WOOD, JAMES F., 1386
WOOD, K. D., 2236
WOOD, WILLIAM & CO., MANUFACTORY, 2316
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUILDING, 1488
ZINZENDORFF, COUNT, 1320
ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, FAIRMOUNT PARK, 1867

 

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