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This 80-page book was created during the Bicentennial.  It features articles, illustrations, and maps.

For easier downloading, it's in three sections.  Parts 1 and 2 are about 9 Meg as PDFs;  Higher-resolution  Word versions are about 27 Meg. Maps are 1 Meg. 

Part 1 - cover to page 41 [PDF] [Word]

Part 2 - page 42 to end  [PDF] [Word]

Maps -large format  [PDF] [Word]

By Charles V. Hagner, 1869. In 102 pages, Hagner gives a wide-ranging account of the river, from the falls up through Manayunk and down to Fairmont Waterworks. Beginning with Fort St. David in 1768, he covers people, places, commerce (including catfish!), and more, with a bit of autobiography. The downloadable PDF (2 Meg) contains a searchable text version. Click here to view or download.

Click here for summaries of selected holdings of EFHS.

And check out these pages on our website:

Chadwick Papers

Oral Histories

Historic Sites

Photos

...and more

This quilt, about 6 ½  feet square, is embroidered an image of the church, surrounded by 32 daisies. Within the daisies are more than 600 names, all hand-stitched. 

Click here for “EF Historical Society solves mystery of ‘Daisy Quilt’” from East Falls NOW.

Click here for the Daisy Quilt page - detailed images, names, and more.

Click here to download a high-resolution image of the  quilt (150 Meg JPG).

Lots of resources in Philadelphia!  Click the names below for a sample of their holdings (each is just one of sveral possible searches).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Free Library of Philadelphia

The Library Company of Philadelphia

PhillyHistory - city  photo archives

PhilaGeoHistory - layers of maps old and new

Click and explore the following:

National Register of Historic Sites

Philadelphia Register of Historic Places 

Pennsylvania Historic Markers

And check out our Historic Sites page and map.