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Later 19th-century watercolors, many commissioned by antiquarian and jeweler Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902), from a collection of over 150 views of Philadelphia streetscapes by architect and artist Benjamin R. Evans. Some of the images are based on earlier prints, drawing, and photographs of the depicted site.

Blue Bell Tavern, Paschalville, Darby Road, kept for many years by Charlie Lloyd, May 1880. [graphic] / B. R. Evans.
Brown St. above 4th, north side three doors west of Fourth.
Buttonwood Hotel at Darby, torn down and rebuilt, 1876. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
East side of Thirteenth above Callowhill. Occupied in 1844 by Colored Orphan Asylum.
First old Presbyterian church. East side of Seventh Street. A few doors below Bainbridge formerly Shippen Street.
From Willings Alley to Spruce Street, east side of Fourth Street. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
Horace Binney, 241 - 245 South 4th St. [graphic] / B. R. Evans del.
House where Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, s.w. cor 7th & Market St. 1776
Interior of Phila; Library, Fifth and Library Streets, 1878. [graphic] / B. R. Evans.
Lemon Hill, now in the park, 1857. [graphic] / Evans.
Merchants Hotel, north Fourth St. Philada, 1840. J. M. Sanderson & Son. [graphic] / B.R. Evans del.
No. 2 to 3 Market St. Bridge, Oct. 1879. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
North side of Chestnut St., extending from Sixth to Seventh St., 1851. [graphic] / B.R. Evans del.
Northwest corner of Eleventh and Pine Streets. Demolished 1889. Present site of the Gladstone. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
Northwest corner of Eleventh and Pine Streets. Demolished 1889. Present site of the Gladstone.
N.W. cor. 12th & Springgarden Street [sic], 1884. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
The old academy, erected 1749, west side of Fourth St. below Arch, "The College of Philada" 1753, "The University" 1779. [graphic] / B. R. Evans del.
S.E. Cor. Franklin St. & Girard Avenue, 1884. [graphic] / B. R. Evans.
South side Chestnut St. from 3rd to Hudsons Alley, 1809.
Southside Chestnut St. from Carpenters Court to 4th St., 1809
S.W. corner 8th & Chestnut Street, 1851. [graphic] / B.R. Evans.
Sweet Brier, Fillmyre's Beer Garden, remodeled 1870, 1867. [graphic] / B. R. Evans.
Town Hall and Market sheds intersection of Second and Coats Sts., Northern Liberties, 1806. [graphic] / B. R. Evans.
United States Laboratory 1800, Arsenal Grays Ferry Road, 1882. [graphic] / B. R. Evans.
Valley Green. Wissahickon above Red Bridge, 1869. [graphic] / B. R. Evans.