Philadelphia Gallery

Centennial celebration at Independence Hall, 1876

Colonial flag and fireworks over Independence Hall to celebrate the Centennial of the Declaration of Independence, 1876.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Ghost of Annie Morgan appearing before a seance, 1870s

Spiritual materialization of Annie Morgan, said to have been dead for 200 years, revealing herself to mediums in Philadelphia, 1870s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Thomas Jefferson reading his rough draft of the Declaration of Independence to Ben Franklin, 1776.
Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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