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Dilapidated alley house
- Neighborhood
- Queen Village
- Related Story
- Octavia Hill Association tenements
- Creator Name
- Octavia Hill Association (Philadelphia)
- Date Created
- 1904
- Description
- Caption: "Dilapidated Alley House, used as wash house by tenants of adjoining buildings. Hydrant in foreground, only water supply for houses. Surface drainage." Men, women and children standing in house with missing wall. Clothesline in foreground.
- Contributing Institution
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Collection
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Books and Pamphlets Collection (*.999 v.4)
- Source (Bibliographic)
- Dinwiddie, Emily Wayland, 1879- . "Housing conditions in Philadelphia / an investigation made by Emily W. Dinwiddie under the direction of a committee of the Octavia Hill Association." Philadelphia : The Association, 1904
- Tags
- Alleys (streets), Derelict buildings, Houses, Octavia Hill Association, People (agents)
- Topics
- Civic Life & Politics, Landscape & Architecture, Social Reform & Philanthropy
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