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Image Gallery: Easy to work with. Displays well. Click on image to scroll full-size, but caption does not show with full-size. Captions in grid can be set to only appear on hover. Captions apparently cannot include links/
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The former Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad line (SEPTA Norristown route) passes over the former Richmond Branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, an historic railroad site at the edge of East Falls.
“Old Ironsides,” the first locomotive built by Mathias Baldwin, and the first bought by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad 
From: “Returning style to two East Falls homes”
East Falls NOW, September 2021, by Nancy Pontone
“Neighbors in East Falls have recently restored architectural features on their historic homes. >>>
Penn’s Treaty with the Indians, by Benjamin West. (1771-1772; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.). Painted a century after the event, the painting is more imaginative than factual. It is not even clear that such an event actually occurred.
Detail from “Plan of the grade regulations and revision of street lines on the Second Division of the Twenty-first now Twenty-eighth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, 1875.” Courtesy of the Department of Streets – Bureau of Surveys 
Hoenadal Brewery
East Falls Station
George Kelly as a young and apparently not very happy young playwright (New York Public Library) 
4235 – 4243 Ridge Avenue show ornate Mansard roofs with detailed dormer, decorative brickwork at the cornices, as well as stone window hoods and cills. But you have to stop and look up to appreciate! 
Left: A game underway at Dobson Field. Right: Note the bulky building of Woman’s Medical College in the background – a building that did not exist until 1929-1930. (Courtesy of Mike Ousey)
Left: The former Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad line (SEPTA Norristown route) passes over the former Richmond Branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, an historic railroad site at the edge of East Falls.
Right: “Old Ironsides,” the first locomotive built by Mathias Baldwin, and the first bought by the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad Robo Gallery – Not as intuitive to work with. Slide show has more information. Hover can show links to further information (try it with the “Map before Division Street.” Has several options.
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