Details
Creator Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer.
Title Sharp Mountain scenery, Schuylkill County, Pa. [graphic] / Photographed by A.M. Allen, Pottsville, Penna.
Publisher Pottsville, Pa
Publisher PA. Pottsville. 1868
Date [ca. 1868]
Physical Description 4 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mounts ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Series of views of Sharp Mountain, located west of Pottsville, Pa., including large boulders, trees, and portraits of men and children sitting on rocks. One image shows a photographer setting up his camera, possibly a self-portrait of Allen.
Notes No. 127; 130; 132; and 133
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographer's imprint from label pasted on versos.
Photographer's imprint printed on mounts.
Yellow and orange mounts with square corners.
Cataloging 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.
Biographical / historical note 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.
Subject Mountains -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County.
Boulders -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County.
Photographers -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County.
Geographic subject Schuylkill County (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Sharp Mountain (Schuylkill County, Pa.)
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870.
Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.23-26]
Accession number P.9844.23
P.9844.24
P.9844.25
P.9844.26