Central Library's 75th Anniversary Collection

The Central Library, on Philadelphia's beautiful Benjamin Franklin Parkway, was dedicated on June 2, 1927. Seventy-five years later, it is a dynamic, evolving destination where the world is at your fingertips and you can travel anywhere in time or place through books and multiple electronic media. Learn more about this collection. For advanced searching filters for this collection, please use the link "Advanced."

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Chelten House, residence of Geo. W. Elkins, esq., Elkins Park, PA
City of Philadelphia: general plan of Fairmount Parkway
Three plans for Logan Square in Philadelphia
Four plans for the Fairmount Parkway in Philadelphia from the Fairmount Park Art Association
The history and topography of the United States of North America: from the earliest period to the present time
A residence: one day sketch
Lt. Brooks Lister, Philadelphia, D.W.
Wedding portrait of Julian Abele and Marguerite Bulle
Staff of the Horace Trumbauer architecture firm, Julian Abele is the fourth from the left, standing in the background
Proposed soldiers' and sailors' memorial, Logan Square in Philadelphia
Portrait of George S. Pepper
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad North Broad Street Station, Philadelphia by Horace Trumbauer, 1928
Portrait of president of the Board of Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia Henry Edmunds
Portrait of Dr. William Pepper
Portrait of librarian John Thomson
The Philadelphia Parkway as planned for the Fairmount Park Art Association
Charter of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Grey Towers by Horace Trumbauer, residence of William W. Harrison, Glenside, PA, 1894
Bird's-eye view, Park Boulevard, City Hall to Fairmount Park
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