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Title: Philadelphia and its environs
Year: 1876 (1870s)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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bCENL ON \UKiH BROAD STREET, ABOVE MASTER We also present views of two of these strikingly handsome dwellings, that of Richard Smith,on Broad above Master, and that of Henry Disston, on Broad above Jefferson. 56 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. The splendid Episcopal church of the Incarnation, at Broad and Jefferson, and several otherfine buildings in the immediate vicinity, close the list of objects of interest on Broad Street forthe present. Montgomery Avenue is the northern limit of continuous building on this street
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SCENE ON NORTH BROAD STREl.T, ABOVE JEFFERSON. just now; but the noble boulevard continues straight as an arrow northward, the houses arefast following it, and it cannot be very many years before it will be crowded with stately build-ings all the way to Germantown. THE CEMETERIES. It is impossible in a work of this kind to do justice to the many beautiful cemeteries inwhich repose the dead of the great city. We, can, however, direct the visitor to a few of themore prominent ones, and assure him that a visit to them will be a source of gratification.We use the word advisedly, for few more pleasant spots can be found in the vicinity of Phila-delphia than its burial-places, fitted up as they are with equal taste and elegance. Laurel Hill Cemetery is confessedly the leading cemetery of Philadelphia in size, location,and beauty of adornment. It is situated on a sloping hillside bordering on the Schuylkill;the extensive grounds are skillfully laid out; and the monuments and other decoration

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