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Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park, during the Centennial International Exposition of 1876, which was the first official World's Fair in the United States. A photo in the Philadelphia City Archive.

The Philadelphia City Archive is one of the country's largest municipal archives, with about 2 million photographs, dating from the late 1800's. Discover gorgeous images of Philadelphia, its industry, architecture, culture, and people.

The City's photo archive contains over 2 million photo records that date from the late 1800's. This web site contains a growing collection of those photos. All archive photos may be searched by keyword and date. Archive photos which have been assigned a geographic location are also searchable by proximity to an Address, Intersection, Place Name, or Neighborhood.

Note: The above descriptive information came from the organization's home page and its About page.

In The News

City Archives Opens New HQ In Northern Liberties, Hidden City Philadelphia, December 6, 2018.

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Photos: Featured Asset
Twitter: @phillyhistory

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-&nbsp;http://www.phillyhistory.org
+{{toplink|url=http://www.phillyhistory.org|name=phillyhistory.org}}[[File:CityArchive.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park, during the Centennial International Exposition of 1876, which was the first official World's Fair in the United States. A photo in the Philadelphia City Archive.]]
+The '''Philadelphia City Archive''' is one of the country's largest municipal archives, with '''about 2 million photographs, dating from the late 1800's'''. Discover gorgeous images of Philadelphia, its industry, architecture, culture, and people.
-http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/StaticContent.aspx?page=Preservation
+The City's photo archive contains over 2 million photo records that date from the late 1800's. This web site contains a growing collection of those photos. All archive photos may be searched by keyword and date. Archive photos which have been assigned a geographic location are also searchable by proximity to an Address, Intersection, Place Name, or Neighborhood.
-Deep in the Philadelphia City Archives, in a little clearing surrounded by an almost uncountable number of boxes, sit a couple of tables, a handful of computers, and several dedicated interns. Together with the staff of the Philadelphia Department of Records, these energetic interns are working to preserve Philadelphia's past one photograph at a time. Five days a week, this little space amid the stacks hums with the sound of scanners as the interns digitally preserve each photo by scanning and uploading it to PhillyHistory.org, and then re-housing it in an acid-free envelope.
+''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above descriptive information came from the organization's [http://www.phillyhistory.org home page] and its [http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/StaticContent.aspx?page=About About] page.
-How does one negative stored in a brown cardboard box on Shelf 2726 make its way onto PhillyHistory.org? How does a photograph that sat unseen for decades suddenly become viewable online by anyone with access to an internet connection? Discover why preservation is so important and how you can help the City of Philadelphia to preserve its history everyday. Welcome to the behind-the-scenes world of PhillyHistory.org!<br>
+==In The News==
+*[http://hiddencityphila.org/2018/12/city-archives-opens-new-hq-in-northern-liberties/ City Archives Opens New HQ In Northern Liberties], Hidden City Philadelphia, December 6, 2018.
-=== Photos for Sale ===
+==Info==
+*Photos:&nbsp;[http://www.phillyhistory.org/PhotoArchive/Features.aspx?FeatureType=Asset Featured Asset]
+*Twitter:&nbsp;[http://twitter.com/phillyhistory @phillyhistory]
-One photograph at a time, the interns of PhillyHistory.org are shining a bright light on Philadelphia's past and giving a new level of accessibility to an amazing archive of history. But the users who purchase photographs from the website also help with this monumental task. Indeed, the funds collected from photograph sales on the website go back into the project to ensure that the interns can continue scanning the nearly two million images in the City Archives collection.<br>
+[[Category:Is-Blog]] [[Category:Is-Government_Agency]] [[Category:Is-Resource_Page]] [[Category:Is-Reference_Source]] [[Category:Issue-History]] [[Category:Sells-Historical_Photographs]]
+[[Category:About-Philadelphia]][[Category:Is-Photo Archive]]
-[[Category:Is-A_Blog]] [[Category:Is-Government_Agency]] [[Category:Issue-Philadelphia_History]] [[Category:Is-Resource_Page]] [[Category:Is-Reference_Source]] [[Category:Issue-History]]