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Philadelphia Skyline

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Item No: pdch00023
Title: Philadelphia Skyline
Historic Street Address: Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Media Type: Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Image taken by Philadelphia Evening Bulletin photographer Charles T. Higgins. 

This 1949 image, taken from an elevated location behind the back entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, gives a long view of the distant Philadelphia skyline, stretching from the Fairmount neighborhood, along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, to the iconic City Hall tower just right of center.

Notes on the negative's envelope read: "Dec. 1949 Philadelphia skyline,from the Art Museum at 300 ft. elevation"


Creation Year: 1949
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.180966
Geocode Latitude:39.965570

Creator Name: Higgins, Charles - Photographer