Bear Mountain Lehigh Valley Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, 1879 – Historic Photograph Print
(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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Step back in time with Bear Mountain Lehigh Valley Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, 1879, a historic image rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Panoramic view of Bear Mountaina and the Lehigh Valley from Prospect Rock at Mauch Chunk, Pa.
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Bear Mountain Lehigh Valley Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, 1879
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Mauch Chunk, the Carbon County seat in the Lehigh Valley of eastern Pennsylvania, was a coal town in 1879, built on anthracite carried down from the surrounding mountains. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company and the Lehigh Valley Railroad moved coal toward canals and markets, and the wider region was still feeling the hard times of the Panic of 1873 and the labor unrest of 1877. Bear Mountain rises on the far side of the Lehigh River, where the gorge narrows and the tracks and canal share the ground with the town. Visitors had begun arriving for scenery and the Switchback gravity railroad, which hauled coal cars down the mountainside and later carried tourists as well.
| Created / published | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schneur, charles f. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,580 px · prints to 18 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panoramic view of Bear Mountaina and the Lehigh Valley from Prospect Rock at Mauch Chunk, Pa. |
| Reference | PA Bear Mountain Lehigh Valley Mauch Chunk, 1879 |
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