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Thomas B. Florence

Description: Image of a three-quarter length portrait of United States Congressional Representative Thomas B. Florence of Pennsylvania, standing with one hand resting on a stack of books; sketch of a building along a waterfront with boats hangs under books at right, presumably of the Old Navy Yard on the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1858-1863
Call number: priJLC_POL_002667
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Warden's Office of the Port of Philadelphia

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Image of a certificate from the Warden's Office of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, authorizing the West Jersey Ferry Company to build a ferry slip on the Delaware River; image of the waterfront with ships sailing and rowboats at top center; seal for Delaware Bay at bottom left corner; decorative border; additional text along left margin.

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Washington Mills Gloucester N. J. near Philadelphia

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Image of a riverscape showing the textile mill factory buildings of Washington Mills on the waterfront in Gloucester City, New Jersey; sailboats, steamships, and long boat with rowing crew on the Delaware River in the foreground; with text advertising merchant David S. Brown and Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 1856

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Image of an eye-level view of a large crowd of people assembled outside on the frozen Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the winter of 1856; people socializing, skating and sledding on the frozen Delaware River in front of the old Navy Yard at Southwark with ships moored in the ice in background.

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Hon. Horatio Seymour

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Image of a three-quarter length portrait of New York Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Horatio Seymour standing near a table with one hand resting on a rolled document; books and quill pen on table nearby.

priJLC_POL_002856

Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton PA. March 6th. 1860

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Image of the steamboat Alfred Thomas as it exploded on the Delaware River the day it was launched; men and women look on with alarm on the shore at left; the town of Easton, Pennsylvania, and surrounding countryside visible in the background.

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Chandler orchards located Milton, Del. & Lake Winola, Pa

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Image of a fruit label for Chandler Orchards of Milton, Delaware, and Lake Winola, Pennsylvania; three ripe apples on a branch at center.

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