Skip to main content

Image / The Switzerland of America

Have a question about this item?

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title
The Switzerland of America
Alternative Title
Mauch Chunk.
Creator
American Bank Note Company, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
MC, Jim, former owner
Date Created and/or Issued
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Image of an elevated landscape view of the town of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, the Lehigh River, and surrounding mountains, with a railroad bridge and train in the distance; fiver vignettes of railway cars, waterfalls, and head-and-shoulders portraits of T. L. Mumford and H. J. Mumford, managers of the switch back railroad.
Probable date based on general history of printer and history of the railroad. American Bank Note Co. / N.Y."--text, lower center.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 56.52 x 71.12 cm (22 1/4 x 28 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_VIEW_000573
399932
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1309
Language
English
Subject
Lehigh River (Pa.)--Pictorial works
Lehigh River Valley (Pa.)--Pictorial works
Mauch Chunk (Pa.)--Pictorial works
Advertising--Railroads
Cities and towns--Pictorial works
Landscapes--Pictorial works
Railroads--Pictorial works
Tourism--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
View Prints
Large Size
Northeast
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.

Explore related content on Calisphere: