“The Greatest Highway to the West”: Photographer William H. Rau Documents the Pennsylvania Railroad

Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on “The Greatest Highway to the West”: Photographer William H. Rau Documents the Pennsylvania Railroad It is perfectly safe in saying the amateur, and even the professional, will have much to learn from the results of this photo­graphic expedition, fitted out some months ago by the Pennsylvania Railroad with as much care and almost the expense of an Arctic one, and which is still in the field of exploration, daily sending in remarkable illustrations of choice picture finds and showing that which...
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Mountain House, Cresson, Pa.

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Mountain House, Cresson, Pa. Leading a ‘Simple Life’ among the farmers,” wrote EBG on the reverse of a penny postcard depicting the Mountain House at Cresson, Cambria County, one hundred years ago, on August 10, 1908. The writer’s sentiments were obviously facetious — the Mountain House, built in 1880–1881, had been a grand hotel financed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (PRR) that drew scores of affluent guests to the...
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Letters

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Letters Off The Charts A cousin regularly shares her copy of Pennsylvania Heritage with me. She gave me her Winter 2009 issue over the holidays, and I write to tell you that your publication is off the charts. I enjoyed the magazine so much that I’d be hard pressed to pick a favorite article. The interview [“William C. Kashatus: Bringing History to Life” by Ted R. Walke] was...
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