Inside Out Library

The colonial architecture of Philadelphia (1920)

Cousins, Frank, b. 1851, Riley, Phil M. (Phil Madison), b. 1882 · Boston, Little, Brown, and Company · leaf 214

An illustration from The colonial architecture of Philadelphia, 1920, leaf 214
mportant streetsof Philadelphia had neither pavements nor side-walks. After rains shoes were bemired in walking,and as rubbers were then unknown it was necessaryto remove the mud from the shoes before entering ahouse. Foot scrapers on the doorstep or at thefoot of the front steps were a necessity…

Architecture -- Pennsylvania Philadelphia · Architecture, Colonial

Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The colonial architecture of Philadelphia

More like this