Item 235: Photograph of Water-Color Painting titled, “Wyoming Valley in 1850,” unknown artist, no date

Item — Box: 22, Folder: 58

Staff Only

Photograph of Water-Color Painting titled, “Wyoming Valley in 1850,” unknown artist, no date

Dates

Created: no date

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

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

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Photograph

Measurements:

11 in. x 8 ½ in.

Title:

Wyoming Valley in 1850

Description:

This is a photograph of a painting of Wilkes-Barre, East End, Baltimore Coal Mines. On the back of the photograph is handwriting and annotations in regards to the size of the photograph. According to Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania, by Gilbert S. McClintock, “A view of the “East End” section of Wilkes-Barré, from the mountains on the east. In the right foreground is the Baltimore Breaker No. 2 of The Hudson Coal Company.