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 ilLADELPHIA 
 
 JOHN WANAMAKER 
 1917 
 
PHILADELPHIA 
 
 A GUIDE 
 
 Made for the Convenience of People 
 Interested in the City's Notable 
 History and Present Achievements 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 John Wanamaker 
 
 PHILADELPHIA 
 1917 
 
 (Copyright, 1917, by John Wanamaker) 
 
When William Penn left England to found his Colony, this is the type of ship he sailed 
 in. No drawing exists of Pc tin's actual ship, the "Welcome." But this quaint 
 Dutch drawing, of contemporary date, shows a z'cssel of the same build and 
 tonnage as the "Welcome." —. 
 
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EARLY PHILADELPHIA AND ITS 
 PLACE IN AMERICAN HISTORY 
 
 ' "W" WILL found a free colony for all mankind"- — this was the idea 
 that led Penn and the English Quakers to establish the colony- 
 called Pennsylvania. For many years imprisonment and exile 
 had been the lot of this sect, but their zeal was strong, and their 
 young leader William Penn was resolute and resourceful. In 1680, through 
 his efforts, King Charles II granted to them a vast tract of land along 
 the Delaware River, the grant canceling a great debt which the English 
 Crown owed the Penn family. 
 
 Soon after the charter was signed Penn issued an invitation to his 
 people, urging them to seek religious freedom and giving a glowing 
 account of the new country that was theirs. During the summer of 1681 
 three shiploads of emigrants sailed for the new colony, and a deputy 
 governor was sent out. 
 
 The first brick house in Philadelphia, built in 1682. Heeded by William Penn to his 
 daughter Letitia. It stood originally on Letitia Street, a short distance south of 
 Market, but was subsequently moved out to Fair mo tint Park. 
 
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The Print Shop 
 of Benjamin 
 Franklin, Printer, 
 Journalist, S c i - 
 cntist, Diplomat, 
 Statesman and 
 Philosopher, as it 
 looked nearly two 
 centuries ago 
 zchen it stood in 
 Second Street 
 near Christ 
 Church. 
 
 This governor carried instructions from Penn to deal justly with all the 
 people — the new English colonists and the Swedes, Dutch and Indians 
 already there — and to make a treaty of friendship with the Indians. Penn 
 himself was not ready to go to America until the next year; by that time 
 his plan of government was framed. 
 
 Characteristic of him was the way he took charge of his colony — with 
 entire absence of ceremony and ostentation. Simplicity, directness, friend- 
 liness and a very honest piety 
 marked the beginnings of this State 
 and city. Penn's treaty with the In- 
 dians is famous, a simple statement 
 of mutual faith and good will, which 
 was not sworn to, nor ever recorded, 
 but which neither white man nor 
 Indian broke during the seventy odd 
 years that the Friends controlled the 
 colony of Pennsylvania. 
 
 IN February, 1683, the capital, 
 Philadelphia, was founded ; in 
 1701 it was granted its charter 
 by Penn, and was soon a flourishing 
 town. The colony grew prosperous 
 under its democratic and representa- 
 tive government, and continued under 
 the control of Penn's heirs or dep- 
 uties until 1779, when their claims to 
 soil and jurisdiction were purchased 
 by the Pennsylvania legislature. 
 
 Grave of Benjamin Franklin and his 
 Wife, in Christ Church Cemetery, 
 Southeast Corner of Fifth and 
 Arch Streets. 
 
CARPENTERS' HALL 
 
 Carpenters' Hall, at the head of a court running south from Chestnut Street between 
 Third and Fourth, is hardly less interesting to the patriotic American than Inde- 
 pendence Hall. Here the First Continental Congress met in TJJ4 to frame those 
 measures which led to the Declaration of Independence. It is open to visitors. 
 
DURING the middle of the eighteenth century the greatest figure 
 in the life of the Quaker town was Benjamin Franklin. Born in 
 Boston in 1706, the young printer came to Philadelphia when 
 seventeen, and by 1730 was married, established as a stationer and news- 
 paper printer, and exercising considerable influence on public opinion. 
 His subsequent services are thus characterized by one historian : 
 
 "Penn had founded a Quaker commonwealth. Franklin undertook to 
 divest it of its sectarian garments, to modernize it, to give it a place in 
 contemporary politics, history, science and art. He made war on the 
 proprietary government and pulled it down : he united Quakers, church- 
 men, and German and Irish settlers in opposition to British pretensions 
 and in sympathy with American ideals and principles. Without en- 
 thusiasm, without ideality, without morality, without great command over 
 or respect from men, he made Pennsylvania the foremost American 
 colony at the outbreak of the Revolution by being himself the best public 
 business man who ever lived." 
 
 From 1736 onward Franklin was in public life in various capacities until 
 1764, when he left for England, not to return until the eve of the Revolu- 
 tion ; and the rest of his history belongs rather to the nation than to 
 Philadelphia. 
 
 THE history of the city during the middle of the century is chiefly a 
 record of the growth of institutions — learned societies, sects and 
 churches, hospitals and prisons, clubs and educational institutions. 
 It was during this time that Philadelphia's industries and manufactures 
 had their birth. And the story of the Quaker City during the Revolu- 
 tion is so nearly a history of the Revolution itself as to need little retelling. 
 
 Nowhere were England's colonial subjects more loyal than in Penn- 
 sylvania, and nowhere did that loyalty die harder, nor with better reason. 
 The hardships entailed by the Stamp Act of 1765 fell heavily on this 
 colony; remonstrances were passed, and, in common with the other colo- 
 nies, Pennsylvania refused to buy imported and dutiable commodities. The 
 leaders of the people then, besides Franklin, were Dickinson, Willing, 
 Morris, Thomson, Mifflin, Reed, Wharton, Hopkinson and others whose 
 names are now familiar to all Philadelphians. 
 
 The growing wrath of Pennsylvania toward the mother country was 
 fanned to bitter fury by the treatment of Franklin in England at the 
 hands of the Privy Council in 177-1 — their most distinguished and vener- 
 able citizen was attacked in a coarse and brutal examination, which his 
 countrymen rightly regarded as outrageous. 
 
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Liberty Bell, cast in 1752 for 
 the Pennsylvania State 
 House, hearing the inscrip- 
 tion, "Proclaim L ib c r t y 
 Throughout the Land." 
 Its joyful notes did indeed 
 proclaim liberty when it 
 rang forth to announce to 
 Philadelphians that within 
 the State House the Inde- 
 pendence of the Colonies 
 had been declared. 
 
 State House usually called Independence Hall, on Chestnut Street between Fifth and 
 Sixth Streets, facing Independence Square. This is the birthplace of American 
 Liberty for m a room here the delegates from the American Colonies met and 
 ^sued the Declaration of Independence. Passed on July 4 , m 6, it W as plblily 
 *££****«* ■ *«form in the Square on July 8. In the main corridor the 
 Liberty Bell shown above, is carefully Preserved. The last time it was runa 
 was in x8 35 , m memory of Chief Justice Marshall. 9 
 
OLD CHRIST CHURCH 
 
 Christ Church, on Second Street, north of Market, is closely connected with the 
 history of Philadelphia. It was erected in 1727 to replace a one-story structure 
 which had occupied the site since 1695. President Washington and President 
 Adams each had a pew here, and here Benjamin Franklin and Henry Clay 
 worshiped. The Church is 'open from 9 to 3 daily except Saturday, and contains 
 many interesting memorials. 
 
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 "Gloria Dei" Church, known as "Old Swedes," is the oldest church in Philadelphia, 
 dating from 1698. The bell in the tower was cast in 1643. The church is in 
 Swanson Street below Christian, and is reached by the Second Street cars. 
 
 THE first formal convention to assert colonial rights was called in 
 Carpenters' Hall on July 15, 1774, and the first Continental Con- 
 gress met there September 4, with delegates from all the provinces. 
 The work done by those men — Peyton Randolph, Patrick Henry, George 
 Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Samuel and John Adams, John Jay, 
 Gadsden, Rutledge and the others — belongs to the history of the world. 
 This congress made the last appeal to Great Britain before resorting to 
 arms. Its second session was held in May, 1775, and by this time the 
 news of Lexington had reached the city. 
 
 The time for organization and drill had come. The Philadelphia troops 
 were reviewed by General Washington on June 20. Franklin returned 
 from England early in May. was elected delegate to the Congress, and set 
 about his work in the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania. The \\. it- 
 was fairly begun, and by the beginning of 1776 it was assumed that inde- 
 pendence from the mother country would shortly be declared. One by 
 one the colonics resolved on separation and confederation. 
 
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Resolutions in the Vir- 
 ginia Convention in May 
 were carried to Congress in 
 June ; and on June 7 
 Richard Henry Lee, sec- 
 onded by John Adams, of- 
 fered the resolution "That 
 these united colonies are, 
 and of right ought to be, 
 free and independent 
 Slates; that they are ab- 
 solved from all allegiance 
 to the British Crown, and 
 that all political connection 
 between them and the State 
 of Great Britain is, and 
 ought to be, totally dis- 
 solved." 
 
 In this tiny house, on Arch 
 Street near Third, lived 
 Betsy Ross, who was em- 
 ployed by Washington in 
 May, 1776, to make the 
 sample flay with thirteen 
 stripes and thirteen stars 
 which was adopted as our 
 National flag by resolution 
 of Congress, June 14, 1777. 
 Open daily from g to j.jo. 
 
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 On the left, Lord Howe's mansion during the British occupation, later President 
 Washington's residence. On the right, the house of Robert Morris, financier 
 of the Revolution. These stood at the comer of Sixth and High (Market) Streets. 
 
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So radical and daring a step 
 was not taken without debate, 
 for many still hoped for recon- 
 ciliation. Pennsylvania was 
 the battle-ground of conflicting 
 opinions. But the Declaration 
 was being drafted and was to 
 be acted on in the July meet- 
 ing of Congress. The Lee res- 
 olution was adopted July 2, 
 behind closed doors, and on 
 July 4 the Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence was passed. 
 
 THESE memorable pro- 
 ceedings took place in 
 the State House, now 
 known as Independence Hall. 
 Here hung the bell that pealed 
 forth the tidings — the "Liberty 
 Bell," which is still to be seen 
 in the State House — and in the 
 yard, now called Independence 
 Square, the Declaration was 
 publicly read on July 8. 
 
 This historical masterpiece was drafted by Thomas Jefferson in his 
 lodgings at the southwest corner of Seventh and High (now Market) 
 Streets; the house stood until 1883. Much of the activity of the War 
 centered around Philadelphia. "The capital of the infant nation, the great 
 depot of supplies for the army, the theatre of important movements and 
 events, she played an imposing role in the great drama of the Revolution." 
 With the successful conclusion of the struggle came the first steps in build- 
 ing the new nation. Here, too, Philadelphia was the centre of interest. 
 
 IN the summer of 1787 came the framing of the Federal Constitution in 
 the State House. In May, General Washington was elected President 
 by the delegates representing twelve States. Efforts were made to 
 induce the new government to make Philadelphia its capital. Congress, 
 meeting in New York in July, 1790, designated the District of Columbia 
 as the permanent capital, but provided that for ten years the seat of 
 government should be Philadelphia; and Congress and the executive 
 officers of the government took quarters there the following winter. The 
 residences and offices of President Washington and his associates were 
 nearly all located between High (Market) and Spruce, and Front and 
 Eighth. Later a permanent residence was built for the President. 
 
 With the establishment of the Federal Government in the Quaker City, 
 the story of Old Philadelphia may be said to close. 
 
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 Congress Hall, at Sixth and Chestnut 
 Streets, built in 1790, and occupied by 
 the National Congress until 1800. 
 Here both Washington and John 
 Adams were inaugurated. On October 
 25, 1913, restored, and re-dedicated by 
 President Woodrow Wilson. 
 
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MODERN PHILADELPHIA 
 
 EVERYBODY who has ever lived in Philadelphia for any time 
 comes to realize that the city has a distinctive character of her 
 own. True, it is not now so pervasively apparent as it was 
 even a few decades ago, for old landmarks are going, and char- 
 acteristic streets are gradually assuming a changed and modern air. This 
 is not entirely to be regretted, for modern urban architecture is adding 
 many buildings of which the city may well be proud. Moreover, what is 
 really good, or historically interesting, will always be carefully preserved. 
 This city was planned and built by the Friends, or Quakers as they 
 are often called, and their temperament is reflected in the very topography 
 and architecture of those streets which now remain most like those of 
 William Penn's day — straight, regular, sober, prim and uniform. Long 
 rows of red brick fronts, each one relieved by white marble steps and 
 coping; each with its long, high parlor, dim hall, and staircase leading to 
 the half-story above the back of the house — this is the way Chestnut and 
 Walnut, Spruce and Pine Streets used to look. Chestnut and Walnut 
 Streets are now built up with shops and office buildings well out toward 
 the Schuylkill ; the other streets keep a good deal of the old aspect — the 
 comfortable, prosperous, homelike look which gave Philadelphia the name 
 of the City of Homes. 
 
 GERMANTOWN and Chestnut Hill, now parts of the city, were 
 once outlying villages, settled mainly by Germans, and in many 
 places there are still charming reminiscences of the older life. 
 Some of the finest Colonial doorways in the country grace old houses 
 there; and its quiet, dignified and beautiful ancestral homes form one of 
 the chief attractions of Chestnut Hill. The other suburban places near 
 Philadelphia — north along the Reading Railroad and the Pennsylvania 
 line to New York, west along the Pennsylvania "Main Line," and south 
 toward Wilmington — are probably the most beautiful suburbs in America, 
 abounding in large and magnificent country estates. The city is the social 
 and business centre for all of these, the excellent train service making it 
 possible for the business man to come in to town daily. 
 
 Philadelphia has a strong claim to the love and loyalty of the people 
 who live here, and to the admiration of all who come to visit. It lies 
 not alone in her historical prestige; for her contributions to the life of 
 the nation did not end with the events told in the first part of this book. 
 Ever since the founding of the city, great men and women, and great 
 works, have called Philadelphia their home. 
 
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PHILADELPHIA CITY BUILDINGS 
 
 City Hall occupies Pcnn Square at the intersection of Broad and Market Streets. As 
 its tower is 550 feet high, it is one of the tallest public buildings in the world. 
 Around the head of the statue of William Pcnn, surmounting the tower, is a circle 
 of lights which are visible over thirty miles at night and which are extinguished 
 every night at exactly three minutes before p, and lighted again at 9 so that 
 people at a distance may set their clocks. 
 
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IN letters we associate with this city the names of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, 
 Agnes Repplier, Owen Wister, Horace Howard Furness, John Luther 
 Long and Rebecca Harding Davis — to go no further back than 
 the last few decades. Among notable artists who belong to Philadelphia, 
 there are Violet Oakley, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie Willcox Smith, 
 Cecilia Beaux, Alice Barber Stephens, Joseph Penned, Thomas Anshutz, 
 Hugh Brecken ridge, Mary Cassatt, the sculptor Charles Grafly, and many 
 others whose genius, joined with their training at the Pennsylvania 
 Academy of the Fine Arts, has won them national fame. The world of 
 music has had many well-known Philadelphia representatives. Physicians 
 all over the land know how much this city has contributed to the annals 
 of medicine, surgery, medical schools, and hospitals for the sick and the 
 insane. In finance, the house of Drexel is the oldest great banking house 
 in the country. The world of retail trade recognizes that in Philadelphia 
 there is the largest and finest mercantile establishment in the world — the 
 Wanamaker Store. Some of the most notable names connected with great 
 railroad interests have been Philadelphians at the head of the Pennsyl- 
 vania Railroad. The educational institutions of the city, especially the 
 technical, industrial and art schools, have been famous for generations. 
 Industrially, Philadelphia is the first city in America. Indeed, there is 
 scarcely a department of human progress in which Philadelphia has not 
 taken a foremost or a distinguished place. 
 
 It would require a much larger book than this to direct the visitor to all 
 the attractions in the city which might interest him. Here only a part 
 of them can be described, and the routes suggested by which they may 
 be reached. 
 
 THE regular plan of the city streets makes the visitor's task easy. He 
 who gets lost in Boston or New York has little trouble here, al- 
 though the city is twenty-two miles long and nearly six miles wide. 
 With but little variation, Philadelphia is laid out like a huge chess-board 
 between the Delaware River on the east and the Schuylkill on the west, 
 the streets that run across the town between the rivers being named, and 
 those that run north and south being numbered. First or Front Street is 
 nearest the Delaware, Twenty-third is at the Schuylkill, and the numbered 
 streets continue over in West Philadelphia as far out as the seventies. 
 The fourteenth is called Broad Street, and is the main axis north and 
 south. Market Street runs across the numbered streets and is popularly 
 thought of as the middle line of the city. 
 
 I louses are numbered north and south from Market, and westward from 
 Front Street, every new block beginning a new hundred; the odd numbers 
 are on the north side. Tims 307 Walnut Street is between Third and 
 Fourth on Walnut, north side; 2100 Pine is the southwest corner of 
 Pine and Twenty-first Streets. The numbers north and south of Market 
 on the numbered streets are not so easy to locate until one knows where 
 
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THE UNITED STATES MINT 
 
 at Seventeenth and Spring Garden Streets, is a most interesting place to visit. It 
 is a comparatively new building, with three times the capacity of the one it 
 superseded, which stood on Chestnut Street between Juniper and Broad. The 
 present structure cost nearly tzvo and a half millions. Visitors are admitted daily 
 except Sunday, from 9 to 3, and are taken over the building by guides who 
 explain the interesting processes of coining money. 
 
 the named streets come and new hundreds begin. The list of prin- 
 cipal streets given on page 42 will aid the stranger. Square-lengths are 
 about the same in either direction — ten squares across, or eight up and 
 down, being a mile. The trolley lines were rerouted not long ago, with 
 a view to improving the service in both city and suburbs. With few 
 exceptions, the cars run in only one direction on each street. Most of 
 the suburbs can be reached by trolley. Fuller information about out-of- 
 town trips will be found on pages 40 and 41 of this Guide. 
 
 The three railroad stations at which strangers may arrive are Broad 
 Street Station (the Pennsylvania Railroad Terminal), the Reading 
 Terminal Station, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station. The first 
 two are in the centre of the city; the third is only a few blocks from it 
 and is passed by several of the principal trolley lines. The centre of the 
 city, where Broad and Market Streets intersect, was formerly called Center 
 Square, and when Philadelphia was a small town a mile east on the bank 
 of the Delaware River it was country; and then later it was a hitching- 
 place for farmers' horses. The town moved westward slowly. In 1876 
 one young Philadelphia merchant realized that the centre of the city 
 would not long stay near the Delaware, and he bought the ground at the 
 corner of Market and Thirteenth, then occupied by the freight station 
 of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and put his store there. And now the 
 
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Wanamaker Store (shown on page 25) is in the very heart of the city, 
 and the square, now called Penn Square, is occupied by the City Buildings 
 (shown on page 14). 
 
 Grouped in the neighborhood of City Hall are some of the most note- 
 worthy of Philadelphia structures : 
 Broad Street Station, corner of Penn Square and West Market Street. 
 Masonic Temple, corner of Broad and Filbert. 
 
 Real Estate Trust Company, southeast corner of Broad and Chestnut. 
 Land Title and Trust Company, southwest corner of Broad and Chestnut. 
 Girard Trust Company, northwest corner of Broad and Chestnut. 
 North American Building, corner of Broad and Sansotn. 
 Widener Building, Chestnut at Juniper. 
 Hotel Adelphia, Chestnut, near Thirteenth. 
 Wanamaker Store, between Market and Chestnut, Thirteenth and Juniper. 
 
 Farther down Broad Street are many other interesting buildings of 
 which descriptions and photographs are given in the following pages. 
 
 Girard Trust Company, at the northwest corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets, 
 of the most beautiful and harmonious pieces of architecture in the city. 
 
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 HOTEL 
 
 Another famous hotel, 
 one of the largest in 
 the world. Its ornate 
 ball room is thescene 
 of some of the most 
 costly and gay balls 
 of the society season, 
 and it has entertained 
 many celebrated 
 visitors. The roof 
 garden is an unusu- 
 ally attractive spot. 
 
 RITZ-CARLTON 
 HOTEL 
 
 At the corner of Broad and 
 Walnut Streets. This is 
 one of Philadelphia's fin- 
 est hotels, and is unsur- 
 passed in the beauty of its 
 design and finish. The 
 general treatment is in the 
 style of the Adam period. 
 The Palm Room and the 
 various dining rooms are 
 harmonious and admirable 
 examples of artistic interior 
 decoration. 
 
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HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS 
 
 THE stranger's first — and very practical — concern is where to sleep 
 and where to eat. This is traditionally a city of homes, but there 
 is no lack of excellent hotels and comfortable boarding places near 
 the centre of town. Below is pictured the new Adclphia (next to the 
 Wanamaker Store, on Chestnut Street). On the opposite page are shown 
 the Bellevue-Stratford and the Ritz-Carlton. Besides these there are the 
 Hotel Walton (corner of Broad and Locust), the Stenton just below it, 
 the St. James (corner of Thirteenth and Walnut), the Continental (corner 
 of Chestnut and Ninth), Green's (Chestnut and Eighth), the rendu/ 
 (Thirteenth and Filbert), the Windsor (1217 Filbert), the Rittenhoit.se 
 (Chestnut and Twenty-second), the Colonnade (corner of Chestnut and 
 Fifteenth) and the Bingham (Market and Eleventh). The last three offer 
 both the American and the European plans ; the others are on the Euro- 
 pean plan. 
 
 Those who are about the city during the day should take advantage of 
 the delightful and convenient lunching places in the Wanamaker Store: 
 Great Crystal Tea Room on the Eighth Floor serves break- 
 fast, luncheon and afternoon tea, a la carte. 
 
 Wanamaker Dairy, The Gallery. A la carte and table d'hote. 
 Wanamaker Soda Fountain Lunch, in the Down Stairs Store. 
 
 Many will enjoy going — in the 
 Summer time — to the various roof 
 gardens. The most attractive 
 places are the Adelphia (Chestnut 
 and Thirteenth), the Continental 
 Roof Garden (Ninth and Chest- 
 nut), the Bingham Hotel 
 ( Fleventh and Market), and the 
 Bellevue-Stratford Roof Garden, 
 which is open all the year. 
 
 HOTEL ADELPHIA 
 
 The Young Men's Christian As- 
 sociation, on Arch Street, just 
 above Broad, is one of the most 
 notable of its kind in the country, 
 and offers many advantages to 
 young men coming to the city to 
 visit or to live permanently. The 
 Young Women's Christian Asso- 
 ciation, on Arch Street, at Eight- 
 eenth, is similarly central, well 
 managed and helpful to women 
 and girls traveling or living in 
 this city. 
 
 On the right is shown the im- 
 posing "Adelphia," which Phila- 
 delphians regard as one of their 
 two or three most beautiful hotels 
 — opened not long ago and rather 
 remarkable in the perfection of its 
 service and furnishings. 
 
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 
 
 Philadelphia Central High School, at Broad and Green Streets. 
 
 IN the notable excellence of her educational institutions, both private 
 and public, Philadelphia has scarcely a rival among American cities. 
 There are 313 public schools, among them some large and fine high 
 schools, with annexes, for girls, for boys, and manual training for 
 boys; in some of these the standards are so high and the courses so 
 extensive that academic degrees are granted. Of collegiate institutions in 
 or near Philadelphia the best known are the University of Pennsylvania, 
 Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College and Villa 
 Nova Among the famous special schools are Jefferson Medical College 
 and Hahnemann Medical College ; and there are other technical, industrial, 
 theological and commercial schools, too numerous to mention. 
 
 The University of Pennsylvania, lying beyond Thirty-fourth and Walnut 
 Streets in West" Philadelphia, is an object of great pride to all Plnladel- 
 phians, and of the most intense loyalty from its graduates. These "umber 
 over 35,000— a record exceeded only by Harvard. It was founded in 1/40 
 by a group of men of whom Franklin was leader, and the plans were char- 
 acterized by a remarkable liberality in breaking away from traditions of 
 classical education toward modern languages and practical, non-sectarian 
 instruction It has grown wonderfully, and now stands among the first 
 American colleges. Its departmental schools— of medicine, dentistry, 
 engineering, finance, law and science— occupy several of the seventy-one 
 University buildings; and its dormitories are unusually beautiful. 
 
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 Girard College, Ridge and Girard Avenues; a remarkable institution founded by the 
 
 will of a wealthy Philadelphia citizen, Stephen Girard, in 1831, for the support 
 
 and education of poor orphan boys. This is the original and central building. 
 
 There are several others. Open to visitors daily except Sunday. 
 
 Quadrangle of the University of Pennsylvania Dormitories. Of such beautiful resi- 
 dence buildings as these the University has thirty. 
 
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DREXEL Institute, at the corner of Thirty-second and Chestnut 
 Streets, deserves mention as a technical and industrial school of 
 national fame. Founded by Philadelphia's noted banker, Anthony 
 J. Drexel, with the advice of George W. Childs, an equally illustrious 
 citizen, it has trained many young men and women to professional or 
 practical usefulness. It gives undergraduate instruction to men and 
 women of college grade in three schools: the Engineering School, the 
 School of Domestic Science and Arts, and the Secretarial School. The 
 courses in the day school are made up of a senior college course of 
 tour years and a junior college course of two years; there are also 
 evening and extension courses. It offers frequent free lectures, concerts 
 and organ recitals. 
 
 LIBRARIES IN PHILADELPHIA 
 
 Philadelphia Free Library, Thirteenth and Locust Streets — a large, 
 complete public library, circulating, with many branches. 
 
 Philadelphia Library, corner of Locust and Juniper Streets — a sub- 
 scription library, its use open to anyone on payment of a fee. Contains 
 a very fine historical collection, and many rare and curious books. 
 
 Mercantile Library, 18 South Tenth Street — one of the best known 
 libraries in the United States. The association contains about 3,000 
 members, who are entitled to take out books ; the reading rooms are free 
 to the public. 
 
 Apprentices' Library, Broad and Brandywine, opposite the Central High 
 School. A very old library, free to the public. 
 
 
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 The "Union League," Philadelphia's most distinguished social and political club. 
 Building on Broad Street and New Building on Fifteenth Street. 
 
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THE WANAMAKER STORE 
 
 IF the judgment of many critics is to be trusted, it is safe to say that 
 no single building has added so much to the fame of Modern Phila- 
 delphia as the great Wanamaker House of Business, in the centre 
 of the city, hounded by City Hall Square, Market Street, Thirteenth 
 Street, Chestnut and Juniper Streets. Considered commercially, it is 
 the greatest retail store in the world, in point of its actual bulk of annual 
 business as well as in the unapproachable quality of its merchandise and 
 service and the character of its patronage. Architecturally and artis- 
 tically, it has won the admiration not only of all Philadelphians, but of 
 visitors from all over the world. And by business men throughout the 
 country, its founder is regarded as the foremost American merchant. 
 
 The Wanamaker business dates back more than fifty years, and had 
 its beginnings at the corner of Sixth and Market Streets, where once stood 
 the Robert Morris house shown on page 10. "Oak Hall" was the name 
 of the little clothing store which occupied that site in 1861, and there 
 John Wanamaker started business life with a set of principles which no 
 one then had ever heard of — almost every one then scoffed at — and all 
 the world accepts now as matters of course in retail trade. 
 
 One price, fixed, plainly marked, and not to be changed by 
 argument or friendship ; only trustworthy goods, labeled 
 truthfully; to sell as "wool" only what is genuinely all-wool, 
 and to mark mixtures as such; to label "seconds" honestly, 
 even if the people cannot tell the difference: unsatisfactory 
 purchases taken back without question and money refunded; 
 welcoming people to the Store without soliciting purchases ; 
 and new, fair and agreeable relations established between 
 merchant and customer, with confidence and satisfaction on 
 both sides. 
 
 VIVIDLY interesting is the story of the evolution of that great 
 business during the following fifty years. When its growth 
 demanded larger quarters it was moved up to its present site, the 
 corner of Market and Thirteenth Streets, where Philadelphia's first High 
 School had once stood. The ground was at that time occupied by the 
 Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Station. (See pages 24 and 25.) 
 
 The "Grand Depot," as the new store was called, was a notable build- 
 ing in its day, but in time proved too small for the mercantile activity that 
 developed within it. In a few years the Store had pushed through to 
 Chestnut Street and by 1883 occupied the whole block from Market to 
 Chestnut, between Thirteenth and Juniper Streets. And by the early 
 nineties it was evident that another and larger building must supplant the 
 Grand Depot. 
 
 On February 22, 1902, the first spadeful of earth was turned for the 
 foundations of the present Wanamaker Store— the largest and most 
 beautiful building in the world devoted to retail merchandising. During 
 the ten years required to build, business went on without interruption, one 
 section of the new structure being erected at a time, until the whole was 
 completed and occupied by the end of 1911— the Golden Jubilee Year of 
 
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One of the most notable events in the history of American retail mer- 
 chandising was the dedication of the new Wanamaker Store at the close 
 of its Jubilee Year by the President of the United States, William Howard 
 Taft. The scene of the brilliant ceremonies was the Grand Court — illus- 
 trated opposite. More than thirty-five thousand invited guests thronged 
 Court and galleries ; on a platform erected on the west side of the Court 
 were seated the special guests and speakers, including eminent Federal, 
 State and city officials, foreign ambassadors, representatives of the Army 
 and the Navy, well-known bankers, merchants and professional men, and 
 others distinguished in various capacities. Mayor Blankenburg presided, 
 and Governor Tener introduced the President, who made the dedicatory 
 address. The Wanamaker Chorus of five hundred voices sang two odes 
 whose words and music were written especially for the dedication ; the 
 Grand Organ and the various Wanamaker musical organizations — bands 
 and orchestra — furnished other music. 
 
 The south end of the Court contains a gallery, above which is the 
 organ loft ; the gallery itself is for the use of the Military Band of the 
 Store, and accommodates one hundred musicians. The Grand Organ — 
 largest in the world — is played daily for the pleasure of the hundreds of 
 shoppers and visitors. (9.15 and 11 a. m., and 4.50 or 5.15 p. m.) 
 
 THE INNER LIFE OF THE STORE 
 
 ONE of the ideals of the Wanamaker business has always been the 
 training of its employes to greater usefulness and self-develop- 
 ment, and the organizations accomplishing this are interesting. 
 Two schools, lower and higher — 
 
 The John Wanamaker Commercial Institute, and 
 The American University of Trade and Applied Commerce — 
 give the employe a good education in common branches and business 
 courses, with some technical or occupational training, gymnastic work, 
 military drill, and instrumental and vocal music. The younger boys and 
 the girls attend school for several hours each day, and there are also 
 evening classes for those older. 
 
 All this training is practically free, the occasional expense for books 
 and items for personal use being small, and no pay being lost for the 
 time spent in school. Many boys and girls grow up in the business, 
 getting their whole higher education while they are earning. Social clubs 
 and entertainments add a healthy note of recreation, and matters of 
 health and hygiene are carefully watched by a competent medical staff, 
 whose services are free. 
 
 Interest in music is fostered by singing classes, a military band and 
 a choral society. The military organization of the boys has six companies, 
 forming the "First Regiment, J. W. C. I.," and drilled according to United 
 States Army regulations. Athletic activity among the girls consists chiefly 
 of basket-ball and tennis matches. The Store athletic association — the 
 Meadowbrook Club — has a running track and game courts on the roof 
 of the Store, with shower baths. 
 
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The Grand Court in the Wanamaker Store, Philadelphia, showing the 
 Beautiful Facade of the Organ at the South End. 
 
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PHILADELPHIA 
 CHURCHES 
 
 PHILADELPHIA 
 has more than 
 seven hundred 
 churches, repre- 
 
 senting over forty denomi- 
 nations and societies. Many 
 of these are well worth 
 visiting. 
 
 HISTORIC CHURCHES 
 
 Old Swedes' (see page 9). 
 Christ Church (see page 8). 
 St. Peter's, at Third and 
 
 Pine Streets. 
 St. Paul's, Third Street 
 
 below Walnut. 
 
 MODERN CHURCHES 
 
 Roman Catholic — The 
 Cathedral of St. Peter 
 and St. Paid, Logan 
 Square. 
 St. John the Evangelist, 
 Thirteenth below Mar- 
 ket Street. 
 Baptist — First, Seventeenth 
 below Chestnut Street. 
 Fifth, Eighteenth and 
 
 Spring Garden Streets. 
 Chestnut Street, Fortieth 
 and Chestnut Streets. 
 Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Temple, Broad and Berks 
 
 Square, corner of Nineteenth and Walnut. Streets. 
 
 Presbyterian — First, Seventh and Locust Streets. The first organized in 
 Pennsylvania (1698). 
 Second, Twenty-first and Walnut Streets, a famous church, the organi- 
 zation dating from 1743. Unusually fine music. 
 Bethany, Twenty-second and Bainbridge Streets. One of the largest 
 Protestant churches in the city, seating 2000 worshipers. Its Sun- 
 day School is generally considered the largest in the world, with 
 John Wanamaker as its Superintendent. 
 West Arch, Eighteenth and Arch Streets. 
 Calvary, Locust near Fifteenth Street. 
 Oxford, Broad and Oxford Streets. 
 Methodist Episcopal— Arch Street, Broad and Arch Streets. 
 Grace, Broad and Master Streets. 
 
 Spring Garden, Twentieth and Spring Garden Streets. 
 Lutheran — Holy Communion, Chestnut above Twenty-first Street. 
 Protestant^ Episcopal— Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square. 
 St. James's, Twenty-second and Walnut Streets. 
 St. Mark's, Locust below Sixteenth Street. 
 St. Clement's, Twentieth and Cherry Streets. 
 St. Luke's, Thirteenth below Spruce Street. 
 St. Stephen's, Tenth below Market Street. 
 
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INDUSTRIAL 
 PHILADELPHIA 
 
 HOW many persons 
 realize the pro- 
 portion of fa- 
 miliar things in 
 daily use all over the coun- 
 try that were made in Phil- 
 a d e 1 p h i a ? Manufactures 
 here began soon after the 
 arrival of the first settlers, 
 in 1683. The earliest indus- 
 tries were the weaving of 
 linen, paper and woolen 
 goods, and the manufac- 
 ture of hosiery; and the 
 present prominence of the 
 city as a manufacturing 
 centre is due largely to the 
 intelligence and persever- 
 ance of its early settlers 
 and those who followed 
 them. The great variety of 
 its industries is noteworthy, 
 and in its manufactured 
 products Philadelphia is far 
 
 New 
 
 Building of the Manufacturers' 
 at Broad and Walnut Streets. 
 
 Club 
 
 ahead of any other city in the land. In 1909 the value of its manufacturing 
 output was greater than that of any State outside of the largest six. 
 
 IN value of products Philadelphia holds first place in hosiery and knit 
 goods, rugs and carpets (other than rag), hats (fur felt), locomo- 
 tives, dyeing and finishing textiles, street ears, oil-cloth and linoleum, 
 saws, and sporting and athletic goods. 
 
 And second place in women's clothing, millinery and laces, paper goods, 
 woolen goods, felt (/oods, wool hats, leather and sugar-refining. 
 
 This is the largest textile manufacturing city in the world. It has the 
 largest lace factory, and some of the largest carpet factories. One carpet, 
 made here about 1791, led Alexander Hamilton to place a tariff on all 
 imported carpets, and this was the beginning of our tariff for protection. 
 The Baldwin Locomotive Works at Broad and Spring Garden Streets, 
 the oldest and largest of its kind, turned out the first successful locomotive, 
 Old Ironsides, in 1832. It produces 8 locomotives a day and employs 
 19,000 men. Since 1710 this city has led in ship-building. Cramps' Ship- 
 yard in Kensington employs 5,000 men and has produced about 430 vessels. 
 
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 MUSEUMS THAT ARE WORTH SEEING 
 
 Commercial Museum. — This was founded by the city in 1894 and is 
 one of the most interesting places that the visitor can see. Its object 
 is to increase the interest in and knowledge of the raw materials and 
 finished products of other lands and thereby foster foreign trade in both 
 imports and exports. The nucleus of the permanent collection came 
 from the World's Fair in Chicago, and valuable exhibits have since then 
 been added from the other great expositions and contributed by foreign 
 governments. There are hundreds of cases filled with picturesque and 
 instructive examples of the manufactures, utensils, weapons, etc., of every 
 country in the world. Departments of the work include the Foreign Trade 
 Bureau, Translation Department, and many other helpful activities. It 
 sends to the schools photographs, maps, special exhibits and other material, 
 and school children come regularly to its illustrated lectures. 
 
 The buildings may be reached from the center of the city by trolley 
 in the Subway, routes Nos. 11 and 37 ; and on Walnut Street, routes Nos. 
 13 and 42, stop at Thirty-fourth Street and walk south about two squares. 
 Open daily from 9 to 5, Sundays from 1 to 5 ; admission free. Public 
 lectures on Saturday afternoons. 
 
 Academy of Natural Sciences. — An important institution for research 
 in natural history, with a fine collection of mounted specimens, and fre- 
 quent public lectures. At Nineteenth and Race Streets; open from 9 to 5, 
 Sundays from 1 to 5. 
 
 Museum of Science and Art of the University of Pennsylvania. Beau- 
 tiful buildings, housing a priceless collection of ancient and modern 
 objects. Open daily, 10 to 5 ; Sundays from 2 to 6. At Thirty-third and 
 Spruce Streets, near the buildings of the University. 
 
 Historical Society of Pennsylvania. — A fine collection of books, 
 paintings and original documents. Thirteenth and Locust Streets. Open daily. 
 
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PHILADELPHIA'S ART GALLERIES 
 
 MANY of the best works of art in Philadelphia are in private 
 collections, but there are two public galleries of note. In Fair- 
 mount Park (see page 38) is Memorial Hall, the home of the 
 art collections of the Pennsylvania Museum and School oi 
 Industrial Art. Open Sundays, 1 to 4 ; Mondays, 12 to 4; other days, 
 9.30 to 4; in Summer open till 5. These art collections include the famous 
 Wilstach paintings and examples of industrial art from all over the world. 
 The Industrial Art School connected with it is at Broad and Pine. 
 
 At Broad and Cherry is the Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805. 
 In addition to a large collection of art treasures, it boasts a school which 
 is considered the best in America. Here have studied such well-known 
 artists as Redfield, Abbey, Maxfield Parrish, Kenyon Cox, Colin Campbell 
 Cooper, Joseph Penned, Robert Henri, A. B. Frost, Cecilia Beaux, Mary 
 ( iassatt, Florence Scovel Shinn, Violet Oakley and Jessie Willcox Smith. 
 There are several special exhibits during the season — miniatures, water 
 colors, and students' work, and, usually beginning in February, a fine 
 general exhibit. Open to the public daily from 9 to 5 ; Sundays. 1 to 5. 
 Admission is free at all times, except during the Annual Exhibitions of Oil 
 and Sculpture, and of Water Colors ; at these times, Sundays and Fridays 
 are free, and on other days a small fee is charged. 
 
 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, at Broad and Cherry Streets. 
 
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LOVER OF MUSIC 
 
 SCARCELY a month in the year goes by in Philadelphia without 
 a number of musical events that every music-lover should hear. 
 The old Academy of Music, at Broad and Locust, was for years 
 used for the Metropolitan Opera season, until the building of 
 the magnificent opera house at Broad and Poplar. The Academy is 
 beloved of all Philadelphians, partly because of its associations, partly 
 because it has such incomparable acoustics. Here during the "season" 
 the fine Philadelphia Orchestra has its concerts on Friday afternoon and 
 Saturday evening of each week ; here celebrated pianists and singers give 
 their concerts ; here eminent lecturers come with their popular courses ; 
 and here the singing societies of the city are heard several times a year. 
 
 Of pre-eminent interest, both artistically and musically, is the Metro- 
 politan Opera House. Its great auditorium and foyer are nowhere 
 surpassed in beauty and splendor ; and the greatest opera singers of the 
 world, in a long series of grand operas each winter, give pleasure to an 
 audience whose wealth and social brilliance are famous. 
 
 Like the concerts and lectures at the Academy are those in Witherspoon 
 Hall (Walnut and Juniper), but on a smaller scale; here the University 
 Extension lectures are given, and small recitals and chamber concerts. 
 
 Other small auditoriums which offer attractive music are Egyptian Hall 
 and Greek Hall, on the second floor of the Wanamaker Store; there are 
 frequent concerts here, free to the public, -and announced always on the 
 Wanamaker advertising pages for the day. 
 
 Academy of Music, the Home of the Philadelphia Orchestra. 
 
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PHILADELPHIA THEATRES AND OTHER 
 PLACES OF AMUSEMENT 
 
 PHILADELPHIA is a particularly good place to go to the 
 theatre in, so most Philadelphians think. There is not that 
 endless array of names in the theatrical advertisements which 
 fairly bewilders a stranger in New York; but there are plenty 
 of excellent theatres in the centre of town, easily accessible, and offering 
 a varied range of the best plays of each season, as well as attractive vaude- 
 ville programs. Seats cost from 25 cents to $2, aoid there is no "sidewalk 
 speculating" to raise prices for the unwary. 
 
 The municipal laws governing the safety of audiences in these places 
 of amusement are very stringent. All the houses have asbestos curtains, 
 many fire escapes, and abundant fire-extinguishing apparatus. The new 
 theatres are built as nearly fireproof as possible, and, in case of a fire, every 
 theatre has so many exits that there is probably not one which could 
 not be emptied inside of five minutes. 
 
 The best of the theatres and places of amusement are: 
 
 Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets. (See page 33.) 
 
 Adelphi Theatre, Broad and Cherry Streets. 
 
 Broad Street Theatre, 225 South Broad Street, below Locust. 
 
 Forrest Theatre, Broad and Sansom Streets. 
 
 Garrick Theatre, 1330 Chestnut Street. 
 
 Horticultural Hall, Broad Street below Locust, next to the Academy 
 
 of Music. Concerts, lectures, fairs and flower-shows. 
 Lyric Theatre, Broad and Cherry Streets. 
 
 Metropolitan Opera House, Broad and Poplar Streets. (See page 32.) 
 Walnut Street Theatre, Ninth and Walnut Streets. 
 
 VAUDEVILLE THEATRES 
 
 Keith's, Chestnut Street between Eleventh and Twelfth Streets. 
 Empire Theatre, Broad Street and Fairmount Avenue. 
 William Penn Theatre, Fairmount and Lancaster Avenues. 
 Nixon, Fifty-second Street below Market. 
 Palace, 1212 Market Street. 
 
 OTHER PLACES OF AMUSEMENT 
 
 Willow Grove Park, open during the summer, Philadelphia's most 
 
 attractive and best managed pleasure resort. (See page 39.) 
 Woodside Park, in Fairmount Park. (See page 38.) 
 
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Franklin Field, the University of 
 Pennsylvania athletic grounds, 
 at Thirty-third and Spruce 
 Streets, in West Philadelphia. 
 Here on Saturday afternoons 
 in the spring there are inter- 
 collegiate baseball games, 
 which are well worth seeing. 
 Inter-collegiate football con- 
 tinues in the fall until late 
 November, the long series of 
 games between "Penn" and 
 other colleges ending with 
 the famous Army-Navy game 
 after Thanksgiving. Reached 
 by Walnut Street cars. 
 
 Shibe Park, Twenty-first Street 
 and Lehigh Avenue. American 
 League baseball. The home 
 of the Philadelphia 'Ath- 
 letics," and one of the three 
 or four largest ball grounds 
 in the country. It seats 23,000 
 people. Games from April 
 until October. Reached by 
 many of the north-bound 
 trolley cars running from the 
 centre of the city. 
 
 National League Ball Park, Fif- 
 teenth and Huntingdon 
 Streets. Games by the "Phila- 
 delphia" team throughout the 
 baseball season. Reached by 
 either the Thirteenth or the 
 Sixteenth Street cars. 
 
 Horse Shows, in the fall, at Devon 
 (45 minutes out) and Bryn 
 M;i\\r (30 minutes) on the 
 "Main Line" of the Pennsj 1 
 vania Railroad, and at St. 
 Martin's, Chestnut Hill (35 
 minutes on the Pennsylvania 
 Railroad). At these shows 
 may be seen some of the finest 
 horses in the country, the 
 best riding and driving events, 
 and many well-known mem- 
 bers of Philadelphia "society." 
 
 Point Breeze Park, at the south- 
 ern tip >>r the city, reached by 
 the Fifteenth Street cars. A 
 pleasure park open to the 
 public during the summer. 
 Motorcycle races and other 
 amusement - 
 
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MASONIC TEMPLE 
 
 Northeast Corner of Broad and Filbert Streets 
 
 The Masonic Temple is of pure Norman architecture. It rises 95 feet from the 
 pavement, and the massive granite tower, 250 feet high, finishes an imposing 
 facade. The building is magnificently furnished, and is a fine example of the 
 progresswe spirit of this great order. 
 
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 An interesting "telephotographic" view of the City, taken from Belmont in Fairmount 
 Park — City Hall and the Wanamaker Store in the distance. 
 
 PARKS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS 
 
 PHILADELPHIA has, within its limits and quite near the centre 
 of the city, one of the largest and most wonderful parks in the 
 world, used constantly by the people and kept up perfectly. Fair- 
 mount Park may be reached by numerous car routes ; and the Park trol- 
 ley line, starting from the Dauphin Street entrance, travels nearly ten 
 miles within Park bounds. 
 
 In its several divisions — the Old Park, East Park, West Park and the 
 Wissahickon — Fairmount extends along both sides of the Schuylkill River 
 as far as the Wissahickon, thence following this stream up through the 
 Germantown and Chestnut Hill districts. It contains over 3,000 acres, 
 and is undoubtedly the most beautiful pleasure ground in the world. 
 
 Among the many interesting sights in the Old Park are the Washington 
 Monument, erected by the Society of the Cincinnati ; the City Water 
 Works on the site originally called "Faire Mount" ; the statue to Lincoln ; 
 and Lemon Hill, where stands the country house of Robert Morris. 
 The East Park is the romantic and picturesque part of the Park. On 
 its eastern edge is Strawberry Hill, the terminus of several lines of cars. 
 Strawberry Mansion is an old-fashioned country house overlooking the 
 river. On its broad piazzas light refreshments are served, and there are 
 public croquet and playgrounds. In Summer there are open-air concerts 
 daily by a good band, as there are also at Lemon Hill below. 
 
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 gineering Feat. 
 
 By taking the Park trolley the visitor reaches the West Park across the 
 Schuylkill. At the northern end is Woodside Park, a popular amusement 
 resort, and the southeast angle is occupied hy the Zoological Garden. 
 This is a place well worth seeing, and has particular charm for children ; 
 it is open daily from 9 a. m. until sunset. In the main portion of the West 
 P'ark the Centennial Exposition was held in 1876. Some of the buildings 
 remain, among them Memorial Hall (see page 31) and Horticultural Hall, 
 containing a very fine conservatory. 
 
 Washington Monument at the Green Street Entrance to Fairmount Park. 
 
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Wild and charming are the thickly wooded hills of Wissahickon Park, 
 the farthest portion of the Fairmount Park grounds. A lovely road winds 
 for miles beside the little Wissahickon — a favorite route of pedestrians — 
 and there are several interesting spots to visit, with their due share of 
 legends. 
 
 He who explores the Wissahickon Valley will find many lovely spots like this. 
 
 WILLOW GROVE. — Travelers who are here in Summer will wish to 
 go out to Willow Grove Park, a favorite and well-managed pleasure resort. 
 It may be reached by the Reading Railroad, the Route 55 cars on Eleventh 
 Street, or (in Summer) the Route 24 cars on Sixteenth Street. There 
 are places to dine, moving pictures, scenic railways, a lake with boats, 
 and an open-air auditorium seating many thousands, where afternoon and 
 evening concerts are given by Damrosch's and Victor Herbert's orchestras 
 and Sousa's and other bands. 
 
 39 
 
SHORT TRIPS OUT OF TOWN 
 
 INTERESTING places in the neighborhood of Philadelphia may be 
 reached by trains from Broad Street Station, Reading Terminal 
 Station, and Camden, by trolley cars, electric trains, sight-seeing 
 "autos," and boats. 
 
 Pennsylvania Railroad trains from Broad Street Station cover most of 
 the country west and southwest, touching the following points: German- 
 town and Chestnut Hill; the towns along the "Main Line" to Pittsburgh; 
 towns in the direction of Media, Swarthmore and West Chester; and Wil- 
 mington, Baltimore and Washington. There is fine express service to 
 New York, and to seaside resorts. The Pennsylvania and Reading trains 
 go to Germantown and Chestnut Hill, and to Pottstown and Reading on 
 the northwest; to a large group of suburbs directly north; to New York; 
 and to seaside places. Baltimore and Ohio trains (station on Chestnut 
 Street at Twenty-fourth Street) touch many points in Delaware. 
 
 Of these places the visitor will wish to see some of the famous spots in 
 Germantown and Chestnut Hill, reached by either the Pennsylvania or 
 the Reading lines, or by the trolleys on Fifth, Seventh, Eleventh, Thir- 
 teenth or Sixteenth Streets. Along the "Main Line," with its unexcelled 
 train service, are many charming towns where may be seen the famous 
 and beautiful homes of prominent Philadelphians, and also three well- 
 known colleges — Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Villa Nova. The Media 
 line extends southwest, taking in a series of pretty suburbs. Paralleling 
 the Delaware River for several miles southward are the Pennsylvania and 
 the Baltimore and Ohio railroads to Baltimore and Washington. 
 
 On the Reading main line is the historic village of Valley Forge, about 
 an hour from Philadelphia. The chief spots of interest here are within a 
 five-hundred-acre reservation. Visitors will see: 
 
 Washington Memorial Chapel Waterman Monument 
 
 Monument to the Unknown Wayne Monument 
 
 Dead Earthworks 
 
 Cloister of the Colonies Camp School 
 
 Washington's Headquarters View from Observatory on 
 Valley Forge Museum Mt. Joy 
 
 There are inns where meals are served, and good accommodations for 
 those who come with automobiles. More interesting than the trip by 
 train is the route taken. by the various sight-seeing automobiles that go 
 to Valley Forge. These may be found at any hour of the day in front 
 of Keith's Theatre (Chestnut Street above Eleventh), the Real Estate 
 Trust Building (Broad and Chestnut Streets), the Little Hotel Wilmot 
 (South Penn Square), and on Market Street at Ninth. The fare for 
 out-of-town tours is usually $2 or $2.50; for the "Seeing Philadelphia" 
 trip, $1. 
 
 Towns on the Pennsylvania "Main Line" may be reached by the Penn- 
 sylvania Railroad, and by the Philadelphia and Western electric trains, 
 which start from the Sixty-ninth Street Station, reached by the Elevated. 
 
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Some trains turn at Villa Nova and go across to Norristown, and by the 
 "Liberty Bell Train" one may go all the way to Allentown and thence 
 by trolley to the Delaware Water Gap. 
 
 Steamers from the Chestnut Street Wharf go up the Delaware to 
 Bristol and Trenton, and down to Wilmington (Wilson Line). Many 
 interesting places are passed. 
 
 One of the most memorable points in the city for the visitor to go to 
 is the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the largest in the United States. It is 
 situated on League Island, below the city, at the junction of the Delaware 
 and Schuylkill Rivers, and is reached by trolley car or sight-seeing 
 automobile from the Little Hotel Wilmot. By automobile the visitor can 
 drive inside the Yard. There are ten miles of driveway within the gates, 
 and a complete sight-seeing trip includes a tour of the Yard, with its 
 battleships, cruisers, gunboats, monitors and submarines; drydocks, ware- 
 houses and monster cranes ; Delaware River front, wharves and docks and 
 reserve basin ; officers' cottages, marine barracks, gun shops, and a visit 
 to any warship that may be stationed at the Yard. 
 
 SHORE AND MOUNTAIN RESORTS 
 
 Perhaps no other city in the United States has so many notable pleasure 
 resorts within easy reach as has Philadelphia. The famous New Jersey 
 coast places are only an hour or two away, and both the Pennsylvania 
 and the Reading systems provide frequent and quick service. A con- 
 venient point of departure is Camden, a town directly across the Delaware 
 River from Philadelphia, and reached by ferries at the foot of Market 
 and Chestnut streets. From here the trains of both railroads, as well as 
 electric trains, go to various shore resorts. 
 
 Visitors will wish to see some of these places: 
 
 Atlantic City Ocean City Ocean Grove 
 
 Cape May Beach Haven Asbury Park 
 
 Wildwood Seaside Park Long Branch 
 
 Sea Isle City Spring Lake 
 
 Of these Atlantic City is, of course, the most notable, the "Boardwalk" 
 being — at the height of the Easter or the summer season — so crowded, 
 fashionable and vivacious as to constitute a sight which few travelers 
 care to miss. Among the celebrated hotels here are the Marlborough- 
 Blenheim, the Traymore, the Chalfonte, the Dennis, Haddon Hall, and 
 the Shelburne, with its famous French Grill. 
 
 There are scores of shops of myriad varieties, theatres, amusement 
 piers, orchestra concerts, and hosts of such features to keep the visitor 
 entertained ; and the bathing is probably the finest in the world. 
 
 The Pocono mountain region, a few hours from Philadelphia, is also well 
 worth visiting, the following being the principal resorts : 
 
 Delaware Water Gap Mauch Chunk 
 
 Stroudsburg Pocono 
 
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STREETS NORTH AND SOUTH OF MARKET 
 
 occur in the following order ; and house numbers on the streets running 
 north and south go by hundreds as indicated : 
 
 North of Market 
 
 1 — Market, Filbert. 
 
 100— Arch, Cherry. 
 
 200— Race. 
 
 300— Vine, Wood. 
 
 400— Callowhill, Willow, Noble, 
 Hamilton. 
 
 500 — Buttonwood, Spring Garden. 
 
 600— Green, Mt. Vernon, Wal- 
 lace, Melon. 
 
 700 — Fairmount Avenue, Olive. 
 
 800 — Brown, Parrish, Ogden. 
 
 900 — Poplar, Laurel, George. 
 1200 — Girard Avenue, Stiles. 
 1300 — Thompson, Seybert. 
 1400 — Master, Sharswood. 
 1500— Jefferson. 
 1600— Oxford. 
 1700 — Columbia Avenue. 
 1800 — Montgomery Avenue. 
 1900— Berks. 
 2000— Norris. 
 2100— Diamond. 
 2200 — Susquehanna Avenue. 
 2300— Dauphin. 
 2400— York. 
 2500 — Cumberland. 
 2600 — Huntingdon. 
 2700— Lehigh Avenue. 
 2800— Somerset. 
 2900— Cambria. 
 3000— Indiana. 
 3100— Clearfield. 
 3200 — Allegheny Avenue. 
 3300— Westmoreland. 
 3400— Ontario. 
 3500— Tioga. 
 3600 — Venango. 
 3700 — Erie Avenue. 
 
 South of Market 
 
 1 — Market, Ludlow. 
 100 — Chestnut, Sansom, Dock. 
 200— Walnut, Locust. 
 300 — Spruce, De Lancey. 
 400— Pine. 
 
 500 — Lombard, Gaskill. 
 600— South, Kater. 
 700 — Bainbridge, Monroe, Fitz- 
 
 water. 
 800— Catharine. 
 900— Christian. 
 1000— Carpenter. 
 
 1100 — Washington Avenue, Ells- 
 worth. 
 1200— Federal. 
 1300— Wharton. 
 1400— Reed. 
 
 1500 — Dickinson, Greenwich. 
 1600— Tasker. 
 1700— Morris, Watkins. 
 1800— Moore, Siegel. 
 1900— Mifflin. 
 2000— McKean. 
 2100 — Snyder Avenue. 
 2200— Jackson. 
 2300— Wolf. 
 2400— Ritner. 
 2500— Porter. 
 2600— Shunk. 
 2700 — Oregon Avenue. 
 2800— Johnston. 
 2900— Bigler. 
 3000— Pollock. 
 3100— Packer. 
 3200— Curtin. 
 3300— Geary. 
 3400— Hartranft. 
 3500— Hoyt. 
 
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FOUR MILLION PEOPLE IN PHILADELPHIA 
 
 IN 1950 
 
 Indicated by Statistics Compiled by a Noted Authority 
 
 The maps, statistical tables, facts and figures printed on this and the 
 four pages following demonstrate the remarkable rate of growth in the 
 population of Philadelphia in the past, and forecast its probable growth 
 in the future. They have been compiled by Dr. Joseph Caccavajo, a con- 
 sulting engineer of note, and recognized as a high authority on population 
 and city statistics. 
 
 SIGNIFICANT AND INTERESTING FACTS 
 
 Philadelphia is now the third largest city in the United States and the 
 ninth largest in the world. It was founded as a city by William Penn 
 in 1683. 
 
 Philadelphia today exceeds the combined population of seven states : 
 Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Montana. Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming. 
 The total area of these states is over 675,000 square miles. 
 
 Philadelphia has an area of 129^ square miles, greater than the com- 
 bined areas of Boston, Cleveland and Baltimore. 
 
 The area within the city limits exceeds the combined areas of Albany, 
 Bridgeport. Columbus, Camden, Hoboken, Jersey City, Paterson, Trenton, 
 Lawrence, Lowell, Richmond, Savannah and Syracuse. 
 
 Philadelphia is increasing in population at the rate of 30,000 a year, 
 approximately 82 persons each 24 hours, or 575 each week. 
 
 There is a birth every 12 minutes, a death every 20 minutes, and a 
 marriage every 40 minutes, within the city limits. 
 
 Philadelphia is one of the leading manufacturing cities of the world. 
 With but one-sixtieth of the population, one-twenty-seventh of all the 
 goods produced in the United States are made in Philadelphia. 
 
 Philadelphia is pre-eminent in the production of textiles, carpets and 
 rugs, hosiery and knit goods, locomotives, street railway cars, iron and 
 steel ship building, felt hats, saws, upholstery goods, oilcloth and many 
 other manufactured articles. 
 
 The total value of manufactured goods was nearly $800,000,000 in 1909 
 (U. S. census), and greatly exceeds these figures today. More than 
 300,000 persons are employed in manufacturing plants. Salaries and wages 
 approximate $170,000,000 per annum. Capital invested, $700,000,000. 
 
 The 8379 Philadelphia establishments manufactured 211 of the 264 
 articles covered by the census classifications, indicating the great diversity 
 of the industrial activities of the city. 
 
 43 
 
With but one-third of the population of New York City, Philadelphia 
 has nearly half as many skilled wage-earners ; and with less than three- 
 quarters of the population of Chicago, has nearly as many employed in 
 manufacturing industries. 
 
 Only six states, including Pennsylvania, have a greater number of 
 skilled wage-earners, or manufacture products of greater value, than the 
 city of Philadelphia. 
 
 Philadelphia has almost as many manufacturing plants as the whole 
 State of New Jersey, and the combined values of the manufactured 
 products of seventeen states do not equal those of Philadelphia. 
 
 With 30 miles of available water front, unexcelled rail and water trans- 
 portation to all parts of the United States and the world, cheap fuel, 
 unlimited supply of skilled labor, favorable housing for employes, excellent 
 banking and financial facilities, and with nearly 30 per cent, of the popu- 
 lation and 40 per cent, of the wealth of the entire country within 250 
 miles of the city, Philadelphia offers exceptional advantages to manu- 
 facturers, not only in the securing and handling of raw material, but also 
 for the economical distribution of finished products. 
 
 The city has planned extensions of its rapid transit facilities which will 
 bring all parts of the city within a comparatively few minutes of the 
 business and manufacturing centres. 
 
 With all of its present industrial activity, Philadelphia is much less than 
 50 per cent, developed. There is plenty of room within the city limits to 
 meet the demands for many years, in spite of the fact that Philadelphia 
 has some 400,000 buildings — more buildings than any city in the United 
 States. 
 
 New York City, in all of its five boroughs, has fewer than 150,000 one- 
 family houses. Philadelphia has more than 350,000 dwellings. 
 
 In New York 3,686,935 people live in apartment houses and tenements. 
 In Philadelphia practically every family has a separate dwelling. 
 Philadelphia can truthfully be called the "City of Homes." 
 
 POPULATION OF PENNSYLVANIA 
 
 1860 2,906,215 1890 5,258,113 
 
 1870 3,521,951 1900 6,302,115 
 
 1880 4,282,891 1910 7,665,111 
 
 POPULATION OF COLONIAL PHILADELPHIA 
 
 1683 500 1760 18,756 
 
 1700 4,500 1769 28,042 
 
 1753 14,563 1777 21,769 
 
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MAP 
 
 CITY- PHILADELPHIA 
 
 Wards 16.17.16,19,25,31,33.43.45 
 Area 7.157 76 Acres. 
 
 WaroS 20.21,22.28,29.32,37.38.42.47. 
 Area 22092.8 Acres, 
 
 Area 27.336 24 Acres. 
 
 Wards 24.2 7. 34.40.44.46 
 Area u 622 76 Acres 
 
 Sectional Map of Philadelphia, for reference in connection with the 
 
 Statistical Tables on the two pages following. Compare them 
 
 with this map for an idea of the way Philadelphia grows. 
 
 4.') 
 
Ml 
 
 SECTION /A 
 
 ORIGINAL WARDS /-=X 
 
 i,a,3,4- 21 u 
 
 PRESENT WARDS 
 I.E. 3, 4,26, 30, 36, 39, 48. 
 
 SECTIONp) 
 
 ORIGINAL WARDS p~)\ 
 
 PRESENT WARDS 
 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15. 
 
 SECTION./f^ 
 
 ORIGINAL WARDSvl j~ 
 16.17, 18,19. ^^T^ 
 PRESENT WARDS 
 16,17, 18,19,25,31,33,43,45. 
 
 i860 .910 
 
 US C£~MJS 
 <910 -1950 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 % 
 
 MCREASE 
 
 POP 
 PER 
 ACRE 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 % 
 
 INCREASE 
 
 POP 
 
 PER 
 
 ACRE 
 
 POPUL-ATION 
 
 % 
 
 INCREASE 
 
 POP. 
 
 PER 
 
 ACRE 
 
 I860 
 
 103,399 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 247, 512 
 
 
 92 
 
 102,600 
 
 
 14 
 
 18 70 
 
 132,641 
 
 30 
 
 14 
 
 241 ,850 
 
 -2 
 
 90 
 
 13 0, 848 
 
 8 
 
 18 
 
 1 8 80 
 
 172,944 
 
 30 
 
 19 
 
 229,330 
 
 -5 
 
 85 
 
 178.914 
 
 37 
 
 25 
 
 1 8 90 
 
 218,506 
 
 26 
 
 23 
 
 222,642 
 
 -3 
 
 82 
 
 223,432 
 
 25 
 
 31 
 
 19 00 
 
 282,057 
 
 30 
 
 30 
 
 208,628 
 
 -6 
 
 77 
 
 268,849 
 
 20 
 
 38 
 
 1910 
 
 336,134 
 
 19 
 
 36 
 
 202,557 
 
 -3 
 
 75 
 
 307,712 
 
 14 
 
 43 
 
 1 920 
 
 403,000 
 
 20 
 
 44 
 
 192,000 
 
 -5 
 
 71 
 
 348,000 
 
 13 
 
 48 
 
 1 930 
 
 478,000 
 
 18 
 
 52 
 
 173,000 
 
 - 7 
 
 64 
 
 394,000 
 
 13 
 
 55 
 
 1 940 
 
 560,000 
 
 17 
 
 61 
 
 161,000 
 
 -7 
 
 60 
 
 441,000 
 
 12 
 
 62 
 
 1 950 
 
 650,0 
 
 16 
 
 70 
 
 145,000 
 
 -9 
 
 53 
 
 490.000 
 
 11 
 
 70 
 
 YEAR 
 
 SECTION Tpf\ 
 
 ORIGINAL WARDS! I J J 
 
 20, 21, 2z. Y^rrfJ 
 
 PRESENT WARDS 
 20,21 ,22,26,29,32,37,38,42,47. 
 
 
 5ECTI0 
 
 ORIGINAL WA 
 24. 
 
 
 SECTION' 
 
 ORIGINAL WARD 
 23. 
 
 c 
 
 T 
 
 PRESENT WA 
 23 ,35, 4-1 . 
 
 RD 5 
 
 PRESENT WARDS 
 24 , 27, 34-, 4-0,44,4-6. 
 
 I860-I9IO 
 U S CENSUS 
 1920 -I9SO 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 % 
 
 INCREASE 
 
 POP. 
 
 PER 
 
 ACRE 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 % 
 
 INCREASE 
 
 Pop 
 
 PER 
 ACRE 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 % 
 
 INCREASE 
 
 POP. 
 PER 
 ACRE 
 
 I860 
 
 64,295 
 
 
 3 
 
 23,985 
 
 
 
 23.738 
 
 
 2 
 
 1870 
 
 103,478 
 
 61 
 
 5 
 
 20,888 
 
 -13 
 
 
 44,317 
 
 87 
 
 3 
 
 18 80 
 
 169,934 
 
 64 
 
 7 
 
 26,644 
 
 28 
 
 
 69,404 
 
 57 
 
 5 
 
 1 890 
 
 247,908 
 
 46 
 
 II 
 
 35,294 
 
 32 
 
 
 99,182 
 
 43 
 
 7 
 
 1900 
 
 339,564 
 
 37 
 
 15 
 
 46,051 
 
 30 
 
 
 1 4 8,548 
 
 50 
 
 /I 
 
 19 10 
 
 396,420 
 
 17 
 
 17 
 
 58,257 
 
 26 
 
 2 
 
 247,928 
 
 67 
 
 19 
 
 1920 
 
 481,000 
 
 21 
 
 21 
 
 1 10,000 
 
 90 
 
 4 
 
 400,000 
 
 60 
 
 29 
 
 1930 
 
 592,000 
 
 23 
 
 27 
 
 270,000 
 
 150 
 
 10 
 
 540,000 
 
 35 
 
 40 
 
 1940 
 
 740,000 
 
 25 
 
 32 
 
 543,000 
 
 100 
 
 20 
 
 700,000 
 
 30 
 
 51 
 
 1 950 
 
 958.000 
 
 23 
 
 42 
 
 871,000 
 
 60 
 
 32 
 
 886,000 
 
 26 
 
 65 
 
PHILADELPHIA 
 
 48 WARD5 A5 AT PRESENT 
 
 YEAR 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 INCREASE 
 
 % 
 
 INC. 
 
 POP. 
 
 per 
 ACRE 
 
 YEAR 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 INCREASE 
 
 % 
 
 INC. 
 
 POP. 
 PER 
 ACRE 
 
 1790 
 
 54,391 
 
 
 
 
 1880 
 
 847,170 
 
 173,146 
 
 26 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 18 00 
 
 81.009 
 
 26.618 
 
 49 
 
 1 
 
 1890 
 
 1 046,964 
 
 199,794 
 
 24 
 
 13 
 
 18 1 
 
 1 1 1, 2 1 
 
 30.201 
 
 37 
 
 1 
 
 1900 
 
 1,293.697 
 
 246,733 
 
 24 
 
 16 
 
 182.0 
 
 137,087 
 
 25\877 
 
 23 
 
 1 
 
 19 10 
 
 1,549.008 
 
 255,311 
 
 20 
 
 19 
 
 1830 
 
 1 88,737 
 
 51,710 
 
 38 
 
 2 
 
 19 15 
 
 1,700.000 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 1840 
 
 £58,037 
 
 69,240 
 
 37 
 
 3 
 
 1920 
 
 1,934,000 
 
 384.992 
 
 25 
 
 23 
 
 1850 
 
 408.462 
 
 150.425 
 
 58 
 
 5 
 
 1930 
 
 2,447000 
 
 513,000 
 
 26 
 
 30 
 
 ' I860 
 
 565,529 
 
 157,067 
 
 38 
 
 7 
 
 1940 
 
 3,145.000 
 
 698,000 
 
 28 
 
 38 
 
 1870 
 
 674,022 
 
 108,493 
 
 19 
 
 8 
 
 1950 
 
 4000.000 
 
 855,000 
 
 27 
 
 48 
 
 THESE WERE DONE FIRST IN PHILADELPHIA 
 
 The first pleasure grounds in the country were laid out in 1681. 
 The first medical school was established here in 1751. 
 The first hospital, the Pennsylvania, was started in 1751. 
 The first piano in the country was made in Philadelphia in 1775. 
 The first law school in the country was opened in this city in 1790. 
 The first High School in the country once stood on a portion of the site 
 now occupied by the Wanamaker Store. 
 
 The first bank in the country was the Bank of Pennsylvania, in opera- 
 tion from 1780 to 1784. The oldest bank now in existence is also here — 
 the Bank of North America, chartered in December, 1781. 
 
 The first water works in the country were in Center Square, now called 
 Penn Square. 
 The Wanamaker Store was the first store to 
 
 Install 2000 telephones as part of the store service. 
 
 Inaugurate the Saturday half-holiday. 
 
 Inaugurate the Saturday whole-holiday in summer with no loss 
 
 to employes of vacation or pay. 
 Use pneumatic cash-carrying tubes. 
 Install electric lights. 
 Install Marconi wireless service. 
 Have general free delivery by mail, express or freight. 
 
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HOW TO GET GABS AND TAXIGABS 
 
 Cabs may be found at the railroad stations. Telephone, Spruce 4736 
 (Broad Street), Preston 4550 (West Philadelphia), Tioga 4780 (North 
 Philadelphia), or Filbert 2420 (Reading Terminal). 
 
 For taxicabs — Quaker City Cab Company. — Telephone, Filbert 2500. 
 Rates: for four persons or fewer, first half-mile or fraction, 50 cents; 
 each additional quarter-mile, 10 cents; each three minutes of waiting, 
 10 cents ; each additional passenger over four, 20 cents. 
 
 American Taxicab Company. — Telephone, Spruce 3140. Rates : first 
 half-mile or fraction, 50 cents; each additional quarter-mile, 10 cents; 
 each three minutes of waiting, 10 cents. Taxicabs, per hour, $2.50 and $4. 
 Landaulettes, limousines and touring cars — one to four persons — per 
 hour, $4. Small touring cars, per hour, $3. Ford cars, per hour, $2.50. 
 Large touring cars or large limousines — six passengers — $5. Special rates 
 for waiting. 
 
 Pennsylvania Taximeter Cab Company. — Telephone, Locust 2873. 
 Rates : for four persons or fewer, first mile, 70 cents ; each additional 
 mile, 40 cents ; each three minutes of waiting, 10 cents ; each hour of 
 waiting, $2. Five-passenger touring cars, $4 an hour. Seven-passenger 
 cars, limousine or landaulette, $5. Special rates for day, week or month. 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Academy of the Fine Arts 31 
 
 Academy of Music 33 
 
 Academy of Natural Sciences 30 
 
 Adelphia, Hotel 1Q 
 
 Art Galleries 31 
 
 Automobiles, Sight-Seeing 40 
 
 Baseball Parks 35 
 
 Bellevue-Stratford Hotel 19 
 
 Betsy Ross or First Flag House.... 10 
 
 Broad Street, View of 12 
 
 Cabs and Taxicabs 48 
 
 Carpenters' Hall 5, 9 
 
 Christ Church 8 
 
 Churches 28 
 
 City Hall 14 
 
 Collegiate Institutions 20 
 
 Commercial Museum 30 
 
 Congress Hall 11 
 
 Declaration of Independence 11 
 
 Educational Institutions 20, 21 
 
 Fairmount Park 37 — 39 
 
 First Things in Philadelphia 47 
 
 Franklin, Benjamin 6 
 
 Franklin's Shop and His Grave 4 
 
 Girard College 21 
 
 Girard Trust Company 17 
 
 High Schools 20 
 
 Historical Society 30 
 
 Horticultural Hall 34 
 
 Hotels 19 
 
 Independence Hall 7, 11 
 
 Industries in Philadelphia 29 
 
 League Island Navy Yard 41 
 
 Liberty Bell 7, 11 
 
 Libraries 22 
 
 Manufacturers' Club 29 
 
 Masonic Temple 36 
 
 Memorial Hall 31, 38 
 
 Metropolitan Opera House 32, 33 
 
 Mint 16 
 
 Morris House 10 
 
 Museums 30 
 
 Navy Yard 41 
 
 Old Swedes' Church 9 
 
 Parks 37, 38, 39 
 
 Park Trolley Line 37 
 
 Penn Cottasre 3 
 
 Perm, William 2, 3, 4 
 
 Picture Galleries 31 
 
 Places of Amusement 34, 35 
 
 Pleasure Parks 37 
 
 Population Statistics 46, 47 
 
 Public Schools 20 
 
 Restaurants 19 
 
 Ritz-Carlton Hotel 19 
 
 Roof Gardens 19 
 
 Schools, Public 20 
 
 Seashore Resorts 41 
 
 Shibe Park 35 
 
 Street Numbers 15, 42 
 
 Suburban Points 40 
 
 Tea Room, Wanamaker 19 
 
 Theatres and Places of Amusement, 34, 35 
 
 Trips Out of Town 40 
 
 Union League 22 
 
 University of Pennsylvania 21 
 
 Valley Forge 40 
 
 Walnut Lane Bridge 38 
 
 Wanamaker Store 23 — 27 
 
 Washington Monument 38 
 
 Willow Grove 34, 39 
 
 Wissahickon Park ' 39 
 
 Woodside Park 34, 38 
 
 Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A 19 
 
 Zoological Garden 38 
 
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