Cresson, a Summer Resort on the P.R.R. Among the Wilds of the Alleghenies – Vintage Print
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Step back in time with Cresson, a Summer Resort on the P.R.R. Among the Wilds of the Alleghenies, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Cresson, a Summer Resort on the P.R.R. Among the Wilds of the Alleghenies
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Cresson sat high in the Allegheny Mountains of Cambria County, and this view presents it as a summer destination rather than a industrial town. The Pennsylvania Railroad promoted the area to city families seeking cool air and mineral springs. After the Civil War, rail travel from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh made the mountains a practical getaway, and resorts like Cresson grew up along the main line. The town lies a short distance from Johnstown, the valley city devastated by the flood of 1889, so the picture also shows the leisure economy that rail travel brought to the same hills.
| Original scan | 5,068 × 3,120 px · prints to 17 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1s01737u |
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