Details
Creator Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer.
Title [View of rocky hillside near railroad in Mill Creek Valley, Schuylkill County] [graphic] / Photographed by A.M. Allen, Pottsville, Penna.
Publisher Pottsville, Pa
Date [ca. 1868]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description View of the rocky terrain adjacent to a railroad, most likely the Mill Creek Railroad, which extended from Port Carbon, Pa. up the valley of Mill Creek to the mines. A man stands near the tracks in the righthand edge of the image.
Is part of Scenery in Mill Creek Valley, Schuylkill County No. 78
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographer's imprint from label pasted on verso.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Yellow mount with square corners.
A.M. Allen, born in Deerfield, Mass., relocated to Pottsville, Pa. ca. 1852 and set up his studio at the southwest corner of West Market and North Centre Streets. He retired from the business in 1894.
Cataloging of copy no. P.9844.20 funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift from the heirs of Paul D.I. and Anna S. Maier: James H. Maier, Anthony M. Maier, Marianna M. Thomas, and Cynthia C. Maier.
Subject Mill Creek Railroad.
Railroads -- Schuylkill County (Pa.)
Geographic subject Schuylkill County (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.20]
Accession number P.9844.20