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Views from Day's Historical Collections

Views from Sherman Day's Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: George W. Gorton 1843. Wood engravings.

During the middle of the nineteenth century, Pennsylvania's economy experienced new, state-wide growth, sparking new interest in previously lesser-known areas of the state. Prompting travel to new communities, this economic growth also sparked publication of new books to satisfy curiosity about all parts of Pennsylvania. One of the most important such works, Sherman Day's Historical Collections is noted for its individual county histories, well-illustrated with charming wood-engravings. Covering larger cities like Philadelphia and Reading, the images also display the Keystone state's smaller towns and rural sites. Relying on first-hand sketches, the printer translated the images into wood-engraving, which allowed for mass printing and distribution of this important early set of state-wide illustrations. In some cases, Day's views comprise the only mid-nineteenth century views of Pennsylvania's smaller communities. From the well-known views of Philadelphia to the obscure country landscapes, prints from Day's volume are treasured documents of state history.

Full page illustrations. Ca. 3 1/4 x 6 1/2:

"Eastern View Of Bristol." [Bucks County] $50
"Public Square In Carlisle." [Cumberland County] $60
"Public Square In Chambersburg." [Franklin County] $60
"Southern View Of Easton." [Northampton County] $60
"Western View Of The Public Square In Erie." [Erie County] $60
"Distant View Of Harrisburg." [Dauphin County] $60
"North Queen Street, In Lancaster." [Lancaster County] $60
"Norristown, From The Northwest." [Montgomery County] $60
"Fairmount Water Works." [Philadelphia] $75
"Market Street, Philadelphia." $75
"Pittsburg, From The Northwest." [Allegheny County] $60
"Northeastern View Of Pottsville." [Schuylkill County] $60
"Wyoming Valley from Prospect Rock." [Luzerne County] $60
"Southeast View Of Towanda." [Bradford County] $60
"Central Park Of Washington." [Washington County] $50
"Western Entrance To York." [York County] $50

Half page illustrations. Ca. 2 x 4:

Adams County:

Gettysburg, from the railroad $45
Seminary, at Gettysburg $35
Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg $35
York Sulphur Springs NA
Allegheny County:
Western University of Pennsylvania [1907 became University of Pittsburgh] NA
The New Courthouse at Pittsburg NA
Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny City NA
Braddock's Field $35
Western Penitentiary $35
Plan of Fort Pitt $30
Redoubt at Pittsburg NA
Armstrong County:
Kittanning $35
Distant View of Freeport from a point below Buffalo Creek. $35
Beaver County:
Beaver $30
New Brighton and part of Fallston $35
Economy $35
Towns about the mouth of Beaver river [map] $30
Bedford County:
Public Square in Bedford $35
Bedford Springs $35
Berks County:
Reading $45
Bradford County:
Athens $35
Tioga Point $30
Bucks County:
Trenton Bridge $30
Newtown $40
Penn's old Brewhouse $35
Country Seat of Nicholas Biddle, Esq. $35
Public Buildings at Doylestown $40
New Hope $40
Butler County:
Butler $35
Cambria County:
Ebensburg $35
Johnstown $35
Carbon County:
Mauch Chunk $35
Part of Summit Coal Mine $30
Curious Artificial Hills $30
Centre County:
Bellefonte $30
Chester County:
Central part of Westchester $40
Central part of Chester $30
Gen. Wayne's Residence, 1 1/2 miles S. of the Paoli tavern $40
Downingtown $40
Distant view of the Brandywine Battle-ground $40
Mr. Bolmar's Seminary [West Chester] $30
Paoli Monument $30
Phenixville [sic] $35
Railroad Bridge Near Phenixville [sic] $35
Clarion County:
Public Square in Clarion $35
Clearfield County:
Clearfield $35
Clinton County:
Lock Haven $30
Columbia County:
Berwick $30
Danville $30
Ancient Friends' meeting-house at Catawissa $30
Crawford County:
Public Square in Meadville $30
Allegheny College $35
Cumberland County:
Dickinson College NA
Carlisle Springs $30
Dauphin County:
State Capitol at Harrisburg $30
John Harris's Grave, and Railroad Bridge at Harrisburg $30
Central part of Middletown $30
Delaware County:
Ancient Welsh church at Radnor $40
Richard Townsend's original dwelling $30
The Birthplace of Benjamin West $35
Old Assembly House and Penn's Landing-Place $30
Central Part of Chester $30
Fayette County:
Braddock's Grave $35
Uniontown from the East NA
Brownsville and Bridgeport from the National Road $35
Mr. Gallatin's Mansion $35
Franklin County:
Cemetery at Chambersburg $35
Marshall College, Mercersburg $40
Greene County:
Central part of Waynesburg $35
Huntingdon County:
Huntingdon, from the Hill below the Town $35
Hollidaysburg [now in Blair County] $35
Indiana County:
Central part of Indiana $35
Blairsville $35
Jefferson County:
Western Entrance to Brookville $30
Juniata County:
Mifflin $30
Lancaster County:
Street in Columbia $30
Public Square in Litiz [sic] (Lititz)$35
Brothers' and Sisters' houses at Ephrata $35
Lebanon County:
Southwest View of Lebanon $35
Lehigh County:
Eastern View of Allentown $45
Luzerne County:
Buttermilk Falls $30
Baltimore Company's Coal-mine $30
Churches in Carbondale $30
Public Square in Wilkesbarre [sic] $35
Lycoming County:
Central part of Williamsport $35
Mercer County:
Public Square and Courthouse at Mercer $30
Mifflin County:
Logan's Spring $30
View in the central part of Lewistown $30
Monroe County:
Delaware Water-gap - distant view from the south. $35
Stroudsburg $40
Montgomery County:
Ancient Lutheran Church at Trappe $35
Pottstown $35
Ancient Friends Meeting-house at Lower Merion $30
Valley Forge as seen from the West $40
Gen. Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge $35
Northampton County:
Church, Seminary, and Sisters' House [Bethelehem] $30
Church and Female Seminary [Bethelehem] $30
First House built in Bethlehem $35
Northumberland County:
Distant view of Northumberland from the south $30
Churches in Milton $30
Public Square in Sunbury $30
Perry County:
Bloomfield $30
Petersburg, with Duncan's Island Bridge in the Distance $30
Philadelphia County:
Mr. Chew's House. [Germantown] $40
Penn's Treaty Tree, at Kensington $30
Letitia House, in Letitia Court $30
Slate-roof House, Second-street $30
Old Swedes Church at Southwark $35
Christ Church, Second-street $35
Old Courthouse NA
Old State House or Independence Hall $45
Rear of the State-House $40
Old London Coffee-house $35
Franklin's Grave $30
Pennsylvania Hospital NA
Merchants' Exchange and Girard's Bank $40
Girard College $30
United States Mint $35
United States Bank $35
United States Naval Asylum $30
Blockley Almshouse $30
Wire Suspension Bridge NA
Eastern Penitentiary $30
Manayunk. $40
Birthplace of David Rittenhouse $40
Pike County:
View in Milford $35
Sawkill Falls $35
Potter County:
Early method of pounding corn $30
Schuylkill County:
Schuylkill Haven $30
Somerset County:
Tamaqua $40
Somerset $35
Susquehanna County:
Silver Lake $30
Central part of Montrose $30
Tioga County:
Central part of Wellsborough $30
Hotel, depot, and coal mine at Blossburg $30
Union County:
New Berlin $30
Lewisburg $35
Venango County:
The Indian God $30
Public Square in Franklin $30
Warren County:
Warren $30
Washington County:
Washington College $35
Jefferson College, at Canonsburg $40
Wayne County:
Honesdale $35
Westmoreland County:
Greensburg $35
Gen. St. Clair's Monument $35

Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania

Views from Eli Bowen's The Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: William Bromwell, 1853. Wood-engravings.

An excellent series of views of Pennsylvania from a guide book of Pennsylvania's "Scenery, Internal Improvements, Resources, and Agriculture, Popularly Described." The volume included descriptions of all parts of Pennsylvania, but its feature of most note was the inclusion of numerous engraved illustrations of scenes of all parts of the state. Another series of excellent images of Pennsylvania communities, both large and small.

Boiling Maple-Sugar on the Alleghany. 2 3/4 x 2 7/8. $20
Altoona. 3 1/4 x 6 1/8. $40
Pack-Saddle Rocks in Chesnut Ridge Gap. 2 5/8 x 3 1/2. NA
View of a Coal Slope. 2 1/2 x 3 3/4. $20
Rock Cutting and Curvature of the Conemaugh. 2 x 3. NA
Conestoga Team and Stage-Coach. 1 1/2 x 2 7/8. $20
Covered Bridge. $25
Ephrata Mountain Springs. 2 3/4 x 4. $35
Brothers' and Sisters' Houses at Ephrata. 1 3/8 x 2 3/8. $20
Falling Spring-Wyoming Valley. 3 1/8 x 4 7/8 $35
Greensburg. 2 1/4 x 3 7/8. $35
Harrisburg, State Capitol at. 1 3/4 x 2 3/4. $35
Pennsylvania Lunatic Hospital. [Harrisburg] 1 1/2 x 2 5/8. $25
The Mountain House. [Hollidaysburg] 2 7/8 x 4. $25
Huntingdon, on the Juniata. 2 3/5 x 3 3/4. NA
Johnstown. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. NA
Juniata Scenery. 3 x 4 7/8. $35
Lancaster. 3 1/4 x 4 7/8. $45
Lancaster County Farm, General Appearance of a. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. $35
Inn [Along the Lancaster Pike]. 2 x 2 3/4. NA
Latrobe. 1 5/8 x 2 1/2. $25
Lebanon Iron Works. 3 1/4 x 4 7/8. $35
Lewistown. 2 1/2 x 3 3/4. NA
Mauch Chunk. 3 1/8 x 4 7/8. $40
Mifflin. 2 1/2 x 3 3/4. $40
Millerstown, on the Juniata. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. NA
The Patterson House, on the Pennsylvania Railroad. $30
Philadelphia and vicinity
- Falls of Schuylkill Chemical Works. 3 1/4 x 5 3/8. $40
- Landscape [French Creek Valley] 1 7/8 x 3 1/8. $20
- [Fairmount Water Works] 3 5/8 x 6 1/2. $45
- General Wayne's Residence. 2 1/2 x 4. $35
- Laurel Hill, Scene in. 3 1/4 x 5. $30
- Market Street Bridge. 2 3/8 x 3 3/8. $35
- Norristown. 2 x 3 1/2. NA
- Paoli Monument. 2 x 2 1/4. $30
- Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad Depot. 2 x 3 3/8. $35
- Philadelphia and Norristown Railroad Depot. 2 x 3 1/2. NA
- Mansion House Near Pottsville. 1 7/8 x 3 1/8. $25
- Cutting Ice on the Schuylkill. 1 7/8 x 3. $25
- Landscape on the Schuylkill. 1 3/4 x 2 3/8. $20
- Tom Moore's Cottage (West bank of Schuylkill) 3 x 4. $40
- Redoubt at Valley Forge. 1 1/2 x 1 3/4. NA
Pittsburg. 2 7/8 x 5 3/4. $45
Port Clinton. 2 7/8 x 4 7/8. $40
Pottsville. 3 7/8 x 5 7/8. $40
Railroad and Canal. 2 1/2 x 4. $25
Reading. 2 7/8 x 5 5/8. $40
Safe Harbor Iron Works. 3 1/8 x 4 3/8. $35
Shad Fishing in the Susquehanna. 2 1/2 x 4. $20
View of the Susquehanna Above Columbia. 2 1/2 x 3 3/8. $25
A Fish-Basket in the Susquehanna. 2 1/2 x 3 3/4. NA
Ice Flood on the Susquehanna. 2 3/4 x 4 3/4. $35
Swatara Falls. 3 1/8 x 4 3/4. $35
Tamaqua. 2 7/8 x 4 7/8. $40
Felling Timber - Winter. 3 1/8 x 4 7/8. $30
Tyrone. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. $30
Union Furnace. 2 3/8 x 3 3/8. $25
Wyoming Settlement, Attacking the. 3 3/4 x 5 1/2. $35
Falling Spring -- Wyoming Valley. 3 1/8 x 4 7/8. $35
Wyoming Valley View. $20