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Young Ladie's Seminary and Church, at Bethlehem, PA

Description: Image of an elevated view of the Moravian Young Ladies' Seminary (later Moravian College) and church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; church and seminary buildings visible with hills in background; several women walking near buildings and a horse-drawn vehicle at left.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1838-1857
Call number: priJLC_EDU_004408
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

St. Alphonsus Church New York, : South Fifth Avenue near Canal

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Image of an elevated street view of the St. Alphonus Church in New York City, with gothic design elements and steeple, on a street corner showing people walking into the building, pedestrians, and a horse-drawn carriage in the street.

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St. Mary's Church. 1797. : The first Catholic Church in Albany

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Image of an elevated street view of the two-story St. Mary's Church in Albany, New York, depicted in the late 18th century, on a street corner with surrounding buildings, two women walking on the sidewalk, and a fort on the hill in the distance.

priJLC_REL_001019

Starkey Seminary. This certifies that Patience Hamilton

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Image of a slightly elevated view of "Foreman Hall" and "Hathaway Hall" on the Starkey Seminary campus in Eddytown, Yates County, New York, at the top of a certificate issued to Pauline Hamilton certifying her $25.00 contribution to the seminary endowment in 1869.

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Rochester. From the west, 1853

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Image of an elevated street view of Rochester, New York, along the Genesee River; bridge over waterways and boats in water in foreground; pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles visible in streets; city buildings extend to the horizon.

priJLC_VIEW_004425

Lauer Brewing Company Ltd. Reading, PA

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Image of an elevated landscape view of the Lauer Brewing Company brewery in Reading, Pennsylvania; a large industrial complex of factory buildings is pictured including the breweries, smokestacks, ice plant, boiler house, hop storage, office, malt house, band stand, hotel, garden, and several others including a bowling alley in Lauer's Park; railroad cars labeled "Refrigerator Line. Ale Porter and Lager Beer," a Philadelphia & Reading Railroad passenger train, cable car, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible along the street in the foreground; small inset image at bottom right features an earlier view of the much-smaller brewery captioned "Lauer's brewery in 1866"; a Greek sphinx is pictured in a circular ivy-bordered frame captioned by the words "Trade mark" at bottom center.

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Jarvis St. Baptist Church, : Toronto

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Image of an elevated street view of the Jarvis St. Baptist Church in Toronto, Canada, with people arriving by foot and by horse-drawn carriage; vignette of a street view of the Bond St. Church below main image; ornate border.

priJLC_REL_001025

Young Ladie's Seminary and Church, at Bethlehem, PA

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