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On the Avenue in 1889

This 1889 map published by G.W. Baist shows Elm Ave. bordering the former site of the 1876 Centennial Exposition, with George’s Hill, Horticultural Hall, and Memorial Hall also in view. By the end of the century, Elm Ave. would be renamed Parkside Ave.

1889
Attribution/Credit

Baist’s Map of Philadelphia and Environs (Philadelphia: G.W. Baist Publisher)