Creator |
Allen, A. M. (Amos Morrel), 1823-1900, photographer. |
Title |
Tumbling Run scenery, Schuylkill County, Pa. [graphic] / Photographed by A.M. Allen, Pottsville, Penna. |
Publisher |
Pottsville, Pa |
Publisher |
PA. Pottsville. 1868 |
Date |
[ca. 1868] |
Physical Description |
3 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mounts ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
Description |
Views of the park Tumbling Run, located at the southern foot of Sharp Mountain, south of Pottsville, Pa., including a farm
on the bank of the twin dams looking east toward Pottsville, a dried-up stream with a stagecoach adorned with signage "A.M.
Allen, photographer, Pottsville" in the background, and a man sitting on a large boulder next to a small stream.
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Notes |
No. 97; 100; and 102 |
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Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Photographer's imprint from label pasted on versos. |
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Photographer's imprint printed on mounts. |
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Yellow and orange mounts with square corners. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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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.
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Subject |
Boulders -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County. |
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Dams -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County. |
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Streams -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County. |
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Stagecoaches -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County. |
Geographic subject |
Schuylkill County (Pa.) -- Pictorial works. |
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Tumbling Run (Schuylkill County, Pa.) |
Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Allen - Views [P.9844.28-30] |
Accession number |
P.9844.28 |
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P.9844.29 |
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P.9844.30 |