The Walter Pertuch Digital Images Collection consists of 452 scans of original glass plate negatives. The collection features images from the late 19th century and early 20th century, and includes photographs of Philadelphia and Fairmount Park, Germany, several World’s Fair and sections of New Jersey.

This collection consists of various items that were produced to memorialize the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 and the Sesquicentennial exposition of 1926. The collection includes programs, photographic records, catalogs and souvenirs.

This collection is composed of maps sponsored and created by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. It contains topographic plans of East Fairmount Park, West Fairmount Park, and Cobb's Creek Park. All items in this collection have been digitized and are available online at the Philadelphia Athenaeum's website: http://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/index2.cfm?ct=17