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Title: Mount Jefferson Plane
Date(s): 1895
Contributor(s): Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (associated name)
Description: Lantern slide no. 236 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_002
Collection: William H. Rau lantern slides

Title: Top of Jefferson Plane 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_039
Collection: William H. Rau lantern slides

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: Summit Hill, town view
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of Summit Hill from a culm bank, or coal waste pile, once located between what is now South and South Market Streets.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_05_004
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Summit Hill, town view
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of Summit Hill from a culm bank, or coal waste pile, once located between what is now South and South Market Streets.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_05_005
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Summit Hill, town view
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of Summit Hill from a culm bank, or coal waste pile, once located between what is now South and South Market Streets.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_05_006
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Summit Hill, town view
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of Summit Hill from a culm bank, or coal waste pile, once located between what is now South and South Market Streets.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_05_007
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

Title: Summit Hill, burning mines
Date(s): 1880
Contributor(s): Zellner, James, 1836-1897 (photographer)
Description: View of figure at the site of the Summit Hill underground coal mine fire, which started burning on started burning on February 15, 1859.
Collection ID: James Zellner glass plate negatives (Accession 1974.278)
Hagley ID: AVD_1974278_05_001
Collection: James Zellner glass plate negatives

Title: Burning Mines, Summit Hill
Date(s): 1895
Contributor(s): Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920 (photographer), Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (associated name)
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide no. 237 showing the site of the Summit Hill underground coal mine fire, which started burning on started burning February 15, 1859.
Collection ID: William H. Rau lantern slides (Accession 1971.360)
Hagley ID: AVD_1971360_003
Collection: William H. Rau lantern slides