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Philadelphia Skyline

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Item No: pdch00150
Title: Philadelphia Skyline
Media Type: Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Image taken by Philadelphia Evening Bulletin photographer Charles T. Higgins.  Notes on the negative's envelope read:  "Jan. 1947, Philadelphia Skyline"

In this January 1947 aerial view of the Philadelphia skyline, a few of the buildings one can see are the Ritz-Carlton Tower (distant center left), all but blocking City Hall, except for the statue of William Penn atop the City Hall tower; the tall building in the center is the Lewis Tower office building (today, condominiums); and to its immediate right is the Bellevue-Stratford.


Creation Year: 1947
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.157457
Geocode Latitude:39.950904

Creator Name: Higgins, Charles - Photographer