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Our Philadelphia (1914)

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936, Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926 · Philadelphia and London : J. B. Lippincott Co. · leaf 298

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nd of mydaily walks, so unlike was it to the spick and span streetsI knew,—glimpses at every crossing of the Delaware,Philadelphias river of commerce that Philadelphiansnever went near unless to take the boat for Torresdale or,in summers of economy, the steamer for Liverpool; forseveral blocks,… … \A THE OLD COACHING-INN YARD THE ROMANCE OF WORK 281 yard, fish, spice, coffee, Philadelphia smelling as strongof the romance of trade as any Eastern bazaar. And I remember J. and 1 crossing the forbidden lineinto up town to find beauty, interest, picturesquenessin Market, Arch, Race and Vine —old…

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936 · Lithography, American

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