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johnsinternetsales OP t1_ixm2jom wrote

In the reading of Frank Hamilton Taylor's will, in June of 1927, it was directed that his series of Philadelphia negatives, drawings and prints were to be sold at auction if not bought by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The Society chose not to buy them, so they went to auction, sold in lots, disappearing into the private collections, turning up sporadically over the decades.

Being a native Philadelphian, I am extremely excited to handle this collection, which consists of original pieces depicting what Philadelphia looked like century ago!

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