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The old mill in the Pennsylvania German settlement, Pennsylvania – Historic Reproduction

The old mill in the Pennsylvania German settlement, Pennsylvania, c1917. — historic photograph
The old mill in the Pennsylvania German settlement, Pennsylvania, c1917.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures The old mill in the Pennsylvania German settlement, Pennsylvania in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The old mill in the Pennsylvania German settlement, Pennsylvania

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A water-powered mill in a Pennsylvania German settlement is the subject here, with the wheel itself a key feature according to the caption card's subject tags. Settlers of German descent had farmed the valleys of southeastern and south-central Pennsylvania since the 1700s, and mills like this one, often built beside a creek or race, ground grain for surrounding farms and served as informal gathering places. By about 1917, many such mills were already giving way to steam and electric power, so a view like this records a working technology that was becoming less common. The record itself is thin, so the exact location and builder are not confirmed.

Created / publishedc1917.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Penna.-; Mills; Water wheels.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,114 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141135

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