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Sunlight and Glass, Pleasonton and Prisms
Dismantling the Centennial
Kitty Foyle and Philadelphia, the “grand homey old town”
The TOWN CRIER and the Talkies: Jay Emanuel and Other Reel Fellows
The Hexter Building: Hollywood on Vine and on Point Breeze
Worth Looking Into
Malaugurata Città: Lorenzo Da Ponte and Philadelphia

Home MourningGrave Site

Grave Site

Grave Site

Westcott, Official Guide Book to Philadelphia, 1875

Morrison's coffin wh Spr+5 3rd dr bel 1830 — Desilver’s Philadelphia Directory and Stranger’s Guide, 1830

McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory, 1851

Cemetery railings and chains PUBLIC LEDGER 15 5 56 — Public Ledger, 15 May 1856

Pioneer Wr Wks of Sellers Bros 18 6n 1859 — McElroy’s Philadelphia City Directory, 1859

M Walker+Son, wrought iron+railing Mkt+6 Cowells Business Directory 1860 p137 — Cowell’s Philadelphia Business Directory, 1860

Leaden coffins Winslow BIOG SUCCESSF PHILA MERCHANTS 141_1864 0153 — Winslow, Biographies of Successful Philadelphia Merchants, 1864

Wood+Perot iron work 1136 Rg MILITARY CEM 1864 p4 — [A. McElroy & Co.], Philadelphia City Directory, 1864

Holloway+Reed, Franklin Brass works 141 Rce Freedley 1867 523 — Freedley, Philadelphia and Its Manufactures, 1867

M Walker+Sons, wire railing 11 6n Freedley 1867 576 — Freedley, Philadelphia and Its Manufactures, 1867

Rbt Wood, garden+cemetery ornaments 1136 Rg Freedley 1867 3x0 — Freedley, Philadelphia and Its Manufactures, 1867

M Walter+Sons patent wre railing 116n 1867 PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGIST_0049 — Practical Entomologist, March 1867

Philadelphia Inquirer, 12 May 1869

Rbt Wood+Co, garden+cemetery adornments 1136 Rg NEW MUSIC ALBUM ca 1869 p76 — New Music Album, ca. 1869

Daily Evening Telegraph, 10 February 1871

Rbt Wood+Co, wrought+cast iron 1136 Rg Keyser, FAIRMOUNT PK 1875 end03keys_0193 — Keyser, Fairmount Park . . . , 1875

Syckelmoore, Centennial City, 1875?

American Enterprise: Burley’s United States Centennial Gazetteer and Guide, 1876

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Ridge Ave xxxxx Westcott, PHIL GUIDE 1876, p16 17 end — Westcott, Official Guide Book to Philadelphia, 1876

American Enterprise: Burley’s United States Centennial Gazetteer and Guide, 1876

American Enterprise: Burley’s Centennial Gazetteer and Guide, 1876

American Enterprise: Burley’s United States Centennial Gazetteer and Guide, 1876

Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 April 1877

Belmont Iron Works, 2426 Wash Boyds BusDir 1890 opp 1067 — Boyd’s Business Directory, 1890

Andrew Donnelly, stone 5n+Mst ne Boyds BusDir 1890 993 — Boyd’s Business Directory, 1890

Kumpf+Bro, metal flowers for graves 464 66 Leh Boyds BusDir 1890 1134 — Boyd’s Business Directory, 1890

David Pettit+Co, iron work 1217 25 Clh Boyds BusDir 1890 opp 1066 — Boyd’s Business Directory, 1890

Jacob Sobers, furniture+gates 1121 St John Boyds BusDir 1890 711 — Boyd’s Business Directory, 1890

Wm Weber, ornamental wrought iron 525 27 Ssq Boyds BusDir 1890 1068 — Boyd’s Business Directory, 1890

West Laurel Hill Ce 1898 GOPSILLS ST GUIDE_0090 — Gopsill’s Street Guide, 1898

Friends’ Intelligencer, 1916

Monuments and Memorials

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