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Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, Mt. Jefferson plane
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of 'barney' or push-car, which is attached to metal bands that lift or push the car to the top of the mountain. A safety cable, used to tie two barney cars together, is also visible in the image. The metal band pulling the car was attached to a hoisting drum that was run by the powerhouse at the top of the incline.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_018
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, Mt. Pisgah plane
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of a passenger car at the base of the Mt. Pisgah incline. Note the 'barney', or push-car, behind the passenger car, which is attached to metal bands that lift or push the car to the top of the mountain. The metal band pulling the car was attached to a hoisting drum that was run by the powerhouse at the top of the incline.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_001
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, group posing with car
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of a group posing with a Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway car on the downgrade tracks from Summit Hill.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_031
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, home stretch, three miles
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_026
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, Mt. Pisgah plane
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of a passenger car at the base of the Mt. Pisgah incline. Note the 'barney', or push-car, behind the passenger car, which is attached to metal bands that lift or push the car to the top of the mountain. The metal band pulling the car was attached to a hoisting drum that was run by the powerhouse at the top of the incline.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_002
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, from Mt. Pisgah trestle
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View from Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway trestle behind the powerhouse on Mt. Pisgah. The smoke stacks of the powerhouse are visible in the background of the image.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_014
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, two mile turn
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_020
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, Mt. Jefferson, looking down
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_019
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, looking north from Mt. Pisgah
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_011
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, looking down Mt. Pisgah
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_009
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, from Mt. Pisgah trestle
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View from Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway trestle behind the powerhouse on Mt. Pisgah. The smoke stacks of the powerhouse are visible in the background of the image.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_013
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, Mt. Jefferson plane
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_016
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, looking north from Mt. Pisgah
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_010
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Summit Hill, railway station
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of a Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway car and passengers at the Summit Hill railway station.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_05_003
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, looking north from Mt. Pisgah
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_012
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, car ascending 'Five Mile Tree'
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_024
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, group posing with car
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of a group posing with a Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway car.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_04_027
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Mauch Chunk, the Switzerland of America souvenir viewbook
Date(s): 1900
Creator: Charles Frey's Original Souvenir Albums
Contributor(s): Bethlehem Steel Company (former owner)
Description: A hard cover souvenir with eighteen views of sights in Mauch Chunk, the 'Switzerland of America'. Images are on 12 unpaginated folded panels. Title stamped in gilt on front cover. The subjects include identified scenic views, railroad cars and passengers on the inclined planes, and multiple views of Mauch Chunk. There are views of the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot and the Mt. Pisgah plane among others. Some of these views may be reproduced from William Herman Rau(1855-1920) photographs. Some...
Show moreA hard cover souvenir with eighteen views of sights in Mauch Chunk, the 'Switzerland of America'. Images are on 12 unpaginated folded panels. Title stamped in gilt on front cover. The subjects include identified scenic views, railroad cars and passengers on the inclined planes, and multiple views of Mauch Chunk. There are views of the Lehigh Valley Railroad depot and the Mt. Pisgah plane among others. Some of these views may be reproduced from William Herman Rau(1855-1920) photographs. Some are definitively illustrated reproductions of James Zellner (1836-1897) photographs.
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Collection ID: Mauch Chunk, the "Switzerland of America" souvenir viewbook (Accession 1993.206)
Hagley ID: AVD_1993206
Collection: Hagley Library Published Collections

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