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Call Number:

PH-02234

Collection Name:

Girard estate in Schuylkill and Columbia counties; photographic views taken on the occasion of the visit of the Directors of City Trusts, October 20-22, 1891

Creator:

Bretz, George M. (1842 - 1895)

No. of Items:

30 photographs in 1 bound volume

Span Dates:

1891

Description:

Girard estate in Schuylkill and Columbia counties; photographic views taken on the occasion of the visit of the Directors of City Trusts, October 20-22, 1891. (Pottsville, Pa., 1891) by George M. Bretz (American, 1842-1895). The volume is illustrated with 30 mounted albumen prints by Bretz, the captions for which follow.

958:0197:0001 -- Directors of City Trusts. Arrival at Park Place;
958:0197:0002 -- Taking Carriages for the Girard Estate Farms;
958:0197:0003 -- En-Route to Girard Estate Farms. Attack on Hon. WM. L. Torbert’s Cider Press;
958:0197:0004 -- Girard Estate Farm No.2, Built 1891. Holstein Cattle;
958:0197:0005 -- Girard Estate Farm No.3, Built 1887;
958:0197:0006 -- Girard Estate Farm No.4, Built 1888;
958:0197:0007 -- Girard Estate Farm No.6, Built 1890;
958:0197:0008 -- Girard Estate Farm No.6, House and Group Directors City Trusts;
958:0197:0009 -- Lost Creek Reservoir No.2, Girard Water Company;
958:0197:0010 -- Aeration of Water, Foot of Embankment No.3 Reservoir, Girard Water Company;
958:0197:0011 -- Lost Creek Reservoir No.3, Girard Water Company;
958:0197:0012 -- Directors of City Trusts, On Pipe Line exit from Culvert Under L.V.R.R. Embankment;
958:0197:0013 -- House at Girardville, built by Stephen Girard in 1830. Residence of Assistant Superintendent Girard Estate;
958:0197:0014 -- Office of the Girard Estate, Girardville;
958:0197:0015 -- Girardville Proteges of Col. WM.B. Mann. "Waiting for the Paymaster";
958:0197:0016 -- Girardville Proteges of Col. WM.B. Mann. "We have our Pennies";
958:0197:0017 -- Old Girard Tunnel (Opened by Stephen Girard in 1830);
958:0197:0018 -- Lost Creek, From Above L.V.R.R. Station;
958:0197:0019 -- Lost Creek’s Future Greatness;
958:0197:0020 -- Mine Breach;
958:0197:0021 -- Gangway in Mines;
958:0197:0022 -- Stripping the Mammoth vein;
958:0197:0023 -- Upper Gordon Plane, P.& R.R.R.;
958:0197:0024 -- Big Mine Run Gravity Plane, P. & R.R.R.;
958:0197:0025 -- Big Mine Run Head of Plane, P. & R. R. R.;
958:0197:0026 -- Big Mine Rin, Conglomerate Rock;
958:0197:0027 -- North Ashland Colliery. Dirt Bank and Scrapers;
958:0197:0028 -- North Ashland Colliery, Breaker;
958:0197:0029 -- North Ashland Colliery. Breaker Boys at Work;
958:0197:0030 -- Group at North Ashland Colliery.

Accession No(s):

958:0197:0001-0030

Location(s):

F 157 S3 B7 HRC-P (958:0197:0001-0030)
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