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- Title
- Correspondence, A. W. Leisenring to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1854-03-03
- Date(s)
- 1854-03-03
- Contributor(s)
- Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893 (correspondent)
- Description
-
Leisenring reports that he has raised the price of powder to railroad contractors.
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
- Hagley ID
- Leisenring_03_014
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901
- Title
- Correspondence, A. W. Leisenring to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1853-11-28
- Date(s)
- 1853-11-24
- Contributor(s)
- Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893 (correspondent)
- Description
-
Leisenring reports that due to high demand for coal the canal will be kept open from ice and therefore available for transporting powder.
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
- Hagley ID
- Leisenring_02_091
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901
- Title
- Correspondence, A. W. Leisenring to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1855-08-29
- Date(s)
- 1855-08-29
- Contributor(s)
- Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893 (correspondent)
- Description
-
Leisenring reports on his communication with local manufacturers about advancing the price of powder.
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
- Hagley ID
- Leisenring_04_016
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901
- Title
- Correspondence, A. W. Leisenring to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1853-09-27
- Date(s)
- 1853-09-27
- Contributor(s)
- Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893 (correspondent)
- Description
-
Leisening reports on his efforts to lease land from the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company for a new magazine.
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
- Hagley ID
- Leisenring_02_059
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901
- Title
- Correspondence, A. W. Leisenring to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1855-05-15
- Date(s)
- 1855-05-15
- Contributor(s)
- Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893 (correspondent)
- Description
-
Leisenring discusses the reduction in sales that he expects if he is forced to raise his prices.
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
- Hagley ID
- Leisenring_04_010
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901
- Title
- Correspondence, A. W. Leisenring to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1852-10-11
- Date(s)
- 1852-10-11
- Contributor(s)
- Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893 (correspondent)
- Description
-
Leisenring reports on his hope to sell powder to a railroad company and discusses his powder sales in his market more generally.
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
- Hagley ID
- Leisenring_01_037
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901
- Title
- Mauch Chunk
- Date(s)
- 1948
- Contributor(s)
- Zebley, Frank R., 1883-1960 (photographer)
- Description
-
Later renamed Jim Thorpe
- Collection ID
- Frank R. Zebley photograph albums (Accession 1968.012)
- Hagley ID
- 680123156
- Collection
- Frank R. Zebley photograph albums
- Title
- Correspondence, A. W. Leisenring to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1853-02-14
- Date(s)
- 1853-02-14
- Contributor(s)
- Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893 (correspondent)
- Description
-
Leisenring discusses the possibility of purchasing property adjacent to the powder magazine.
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
- Hagley ID
- Leisenring_02_005
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901
- Title
- Correspondence, A. W. Leisenring to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1854-05-02
- Date(s)
- 1854-05-02
- Contributor(s)
- Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893 (correspondent), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (recipient)
- Description
-
Leisenring reports damage to a canal in his region. He discusses an upcoming business trip and asks the DuPont Company to send him letters of introduction to the Company agents at his destinations.
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
- Hagley ID
- Leisenring_03_020
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901
- Title
- Correspondence, A. W. Leisenring to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1852-04-26
- Date(s)
- 1852-04-26
- Contributor(s)
- Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893 (correspondent)
- Description
-
Leisenring reports on construction of a magazine and on an offer to transport powder.
- Collection ID
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession 0500.I)
- Hagley ID
- Leisenring_01_013
- Collection
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records, 1801-1901
- Title
- Mauch Chunk Looking down the Lehigh
- Date(s)
- 1895
- Contributor(s)
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (associated name)
- Description
-
Hand-colored lantern slide no. 8038.
- Collection ID
- William H. Rau lantern slides (Accession 1971.360)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1971360_035
- Collection
- William H. Rau lantern slides
- Title
- Mauch Chunk and Mt. Pisgah from Flagstaff Mountain
- Date(s)
- 1895
- Contributor(s)
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (contractor)
- Description
-
Hand-colored lantern slide no. 964.
- Collection ID
- William H. Rau lantern slides (Accession 1971.360)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1971360_032
- Collection
- William H. Rau lantern slides
- Title
- Mauch Chunk, from the Mountain Road
- Date(s)
- 1895
- Contributor(s)
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (contractor)
- Description
-
Hand-colored lantern slide no. 548.
- Collection ID
- William H. Rau lantern slides (Accession 1971.360)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1971360_011
- Collection
- William H. Rau lantern slides
- Title
- Switchback View of Mauch Chunk from the Top of Jefferson Plane
- Date(s)
- 1895
- Contributor(s)
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (associated name)
- Description
-
Hand-colored lantern slide no. 15539 showing a gravity railroad established in 1827 to move passengers and coal from the mines at Summit Hill to a canal at Mauch Chunk. By 1840, stationary steam engines wre being used to haul cars up two inclined planes; one at Mount Pisgah, directly above Mauch Chunk, and another at Mount Jefferson near Summit Hill.
- Collection ID
- William H. Rau lantern slides (Accession 1971.360)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1971360_040
- Collection
- William H. Rau lantern slides
- Title
- Mt. Pisgah, Mauch Chunk Woodside Switch-Back
- Date(s)
- 1895
- Contributor(s)
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (associated name)
- Description
-
Lantern slide no. 15536 showing a gravity railroad established in 1827 to move passengers and coal from the mines at Summit Hill to a canal at Mauch Chunk. By 1840, stationary steam engines wre being used to haul cars up two inclined planes; one at Mount Pisgah, directly above Mauch Chunk, and another at Mount Jefferson near Summit Hill.
- Collection ID
- William H. Rau lantern slides (Accession 1971.360)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1971360_038
- Collection
- William H. Rau lantern slides
- Title
- Mount Pisgah Plane Switchback Railroad
- Date(s)
- 1895
- Contributor(s)
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (contractor)
- Description
-
Lantern slide no. 557 showing a gravity railroad established in 1827 to move passengers and coal from the mines at Summit Hill to a canal at Mauch Chunk. By 1840, stationary steam engines wre being used to haul cars up two inclined planes; one at Mount Pisgah, directly above Mauch Chunk, and another at Mount Jefferson near Summit Hill.
- Collection ID
- William H. Rau lantern slides (Accession 1971.360)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1971360_012
- Collection
- William H. Rau lantern slides
- Title
- Mauch Chunk, from Summit of Mt. Pisgah
- Date(s)
- 1895
- Contributor(s)
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (contractor)
- Description
-
Hand-colored lantern slide no. 558.
- Collection ID
- William H. Rau lantern slides (Accession 1971.360)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1971360_013
- Collection
- William H. Rau lantern slides
- Title
- Panorama of Lehigh River at Mauch Chunk
- Date(s)
- 1895
- Contributor(s)
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (contractor)
- Description
-
Hand-colored lantern slide no. 24367.
- Collection ID
- William H. Rau lantern slides (Accession 1971.360)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1971360_046a
- Collection
- William H. Rau lantern slides
- Title
- Mauch Chunk, from the Station
- Date(s)
- 1895
- Contributor(s)
- Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (contractor)
- Description
-
Hand-colored lantern slide no. 547.
- Collection ID
- William H. Rau lantern slides (Accession 1971.360)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1971360_010
- Collection
- William H. Rau lantern slides
- Title
- Mauch Chunk, Lehigh Valley Railroad station and down river
- Date(s)
- 1885
- Contributor(s)
- Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
- Description
-
View of the Lehigh River and Lehigh Valley Railroad Station.
- Collection ID
- James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1974278_01_021
- Collection
- James Zellner glass plate negatives
- Title
- Mt. Pisgah, from bridge over Lehigh River
- Date(s)
- 1885
- Contributor(s)
- Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
- Description
-
View from an unidentified location over the Lehigh River. The landmass at the left side of the image appears to be Mount Pisgah, with the switchback railway rails and powerhouse visible near the peak.
- Collection ID
- James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1974278_02_026
- Collection
- James Zellner glass plate negatives
- Title
- Mauch Chunk, Lehigh Valley Railroad station and down river
- Date(s)
- 1885
- Contributor(s)
- Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
- Description
-
View of the Lehigh River and Lehigh Valley Railroad Station.
- Collection ID
- James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1974278_01_022
- Collection
- James Zellner glass plate negatives
- Title
- Mauch Chunk, Lehigh Valley Railroad station and down river
- Date(s)
- 1885
- Contributor(s)
- Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
- Description
-
View of the Lehigh River and Lehigh Valley Railroad Station.
- Collection ID
- James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1974278_01_023
- Collection
- James Zellner glass plate negatives
- Title
- Mt. Pisgah, from bridge over Lehigh River
- Date(s)
- 1885
- Contributor(s)
- Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
- Description
-
View from an unidentified location over the Lehigh River. The landmass at the left side of the image appears to be Mount Pisgah, with the switchback railway rails and powerhouse visible near the peak.
- Collection ID
- James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1974278_02_025
- Collection
- James Zellner glass plate negatives
- Title
- Mauch Chunk, view of the Lehigh Valley Railroad station
- Date(s)
- 1885
- Contributor(s)
- Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
- Description
-
View of the Lehigh Valley Railroad station in East Mauch Chunk at the base of Bear Mountain, from across the Lehigh River. The Mansion House hotel, Mansion House bridge, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the office of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., and the Mauch Chunk Cemetery are also visible, as is the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway's powerhouse and bridge at the peak of Mount Pisgah.
- Collection ID
- James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
- Hagley ID
- AVD_1974278_01_007
- Collection
- James Zellner glass plate negatives