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The Switzerland of America

Description: Image of an elevated landscape view of the town of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, the Lehigh River, and surrounding mountains, with a railroad bridge and train in the distance; fiver vignettes of railway cars, waterfalls, and head-and-shoulders portraits of T. L. Mumford and H. J. Mumford, managers of the switch back railroad.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 188-?
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_000573
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Easton - Pa

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Image of an elevated view of Easton, Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Delaware River and the Lehigh River; trees and boat in foreground.

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Panorama of Catskill Mountains N. Y

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Image of an elevated landscape panoramic view of the Catskill Mountains in New York as viewed from Mount Hope, surrounded by six vignettes of different views and locations in the mountains including Horse-Shoe Bend, Pine Hill, Ulster County, Delaware County, and Belle Ayre Mountain and Pine Hill Station, showing tourists, railroad trains, farmers, a man sketching, and a hotel in the distance; captions below vignettes.

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Panorama of Catskill Mountains N. Y

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Edward H. Jones : master mechanic of Albany & Schenectady division of N.Y.C.R.R

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Edward Jones, the master mechanic of the Albany and Schenectady Division of the New York Central Railroad, with corner vignettes of steam locomotives, a ship, and a suspension bridge incorporated into the decorative border; portrait has printed signature, "Yours Truly Edward H. Jones."

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View of Newark, N.J. : from the north

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Image of an elevated landscape view of the city of Newark, New Jersey, from across the bay, showing boats and a train crossing railroad tracks over the water; four vignettes in the lower margin of street scenes at Upper Park, Market St., Broad St., and Lower Park.

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Pour prendre congé or seeing Switzerland : Emmerson, Clark & Daly Brothers

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Image of a central image of a horse-drawn stagecoach crashing out of control in an accident with passengers in historical clothing falling with luggage and broken wagon wheels from the carriage, bordered by vignettes of a man falling through a ceiling onto a dinner table and another with a pantomime clown falling into a stack of luggage while a military officer with a sword steps over a man while climbing stairs towards him; with head-and-shoulders portraits of comedians Morton Emmerson (or Morton Emerson), Willis Clark, and William Daly and Thomas Daly in formal dress; the poster advertises the pantomimic comedy "Pour Prendre Congé; or, Seeing Switzerland" produced by William A. Mestayer and John P. Smith.

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The Switzerland of America

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