Bethlehem, Pa. From the west / drawn from nature and on stone by Fr. Kilian. – Historic Print
![Bethlehem, Pa. From the west / drawn from nature and on stone by Fr. Kilian., [1844-1860] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1a/1a5f4eb58b72-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Bethlehem, Pa. From the west / drawn from nature and on stone by Fr. Kilian.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Bethlehem, Pa. From the west / drawn from nature and on stone by Fr. Kilian.
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Seen from the west, this color lithograph shows Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as a cluster of church spires, school buildings, and factory works. The artist drew the view from nature and then transferred it to stone, a common method for city views of the mid-1800s. Bethlehem had been founded in 1741 by Moravian settlers, and the combination of religious, educational, and industrial buildings reflects how the town had grown by the 1840s and 1850s. Printed views like this were often prized by residents and visitors who wanted a record of a town's appearance at the time.
| Created / published | [1844-1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Cityscape prints 1840-1860.Lithographs Color 1840-1860. |
| Subjects | Churches--Pennsylvania--Bethlehem--1840-1860. Schools--Pennsylvania--Bethlehem--1840-1860. Factories--Pennsylvania--Bethlehem--1840-1860. Bethlehem (Pa)--1840-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,444 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217405 |
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