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Philadelphia Immigration Station
Black and white image depicting the Philadelphia Immigration Station

Washington Avenue Immigration Station
An image of the Washington Avenue Immigration Station located between Delaware Avenue and the Southeast corner of Washington.

227 and 229 Richmond Street
227 and 229 Richmond Street, property owned by Esther Davalos's mother. The homes were demolished during the construction of Interstate 95.

Pennsylvania Railroad Building and Insurance Company of North America Building
Pennsylvania Railroad Building and Insurance Company of North America Building at 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia

Health Center - 4th and Girard Avenue
Health Center located on N 4th and W Girard Avenue

Christ Church Steeple
A ground level photo taken looking up at the steeple of Christ Church in Philadelphia, PA. This is the burial site of many prominent colonial Philadelphians.

Temple University at the North East Corner of Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue.
A perspective of a Temple University building at the corner of Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue.

Richmond Street Corner Store
A street view of the 2990 Richmond Street Corner Store

A street view of the Philadelphia Art Museum ten years after its opening.
A street view of the Philadelphia Art Museum about ten years after it first opened.

A street view of the buildings at the intersection of Broad Street and York Street.
A street view of some of the buildings at the intersection of Broad and York St. in 1925.
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