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Item 200: Photogravure by Unknown, [no date] of a Print Published by Daniel Appleton and Company of the Delaware Water Gap, originally titled “Distant View of the Gap,”, [1872], [no date].

 Item — Box: 22, Folder: 23

Dates

  • Created: [1872], [no date].

Creator

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Type of Material:

Photogravure

Condition Note:

Good.

Measurements:

8 ½ x 11in.

Description:

This is a photogravure of a landscape painting of the Delaware Water Gap. In the foreground, a few men can be seen in a boat floating in the river. This piece was published in New York by Daniel Appleton. The Delaware Water Gap is located on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through the Appalachian Mountains. The Gap is made up of the southern part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area that is now used for boating, fishing, hiking, and rock climbing. D. Appleton & Company was a publishing company founded by Daniel Appleton (December 10, 1785 – March 27, 1849) and originated in America. Daniel Appleton opened a general store that included books, publishing his first book in 1831. The company gradually expanded its publications over all of literature. It issued works by, but not limited to, Herbert Spencer, John Tyndall, Thomas Huxley, Charles Darwin, and others, at reasonable prices.

Location:

Delaware Water Gap

Repository Details

Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository

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