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Franklin Institute
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, the most prominent of American mechanics institutes, was established in Philadelphia in 1824 primarily through the efforts of Samuel Merrick, who later served as first president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and William H. Keating, professor of chemistry and... Read more |
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Charles Sheeler
Charles Sheeler 1883-1965, American painter and photographer, b. Philadelphia, studied at the School of Industrial Art there and later at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under William M. Chase. With Chase he made two visits to Europe to study art. His characteristic style is a rational,... Read more |
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William Henry Jackson
William Henry Jackson 1843-1942, American artist and pioneer photographer of the West, b. Keeseville, N.Y. After serving with the Union army in the Civil War he traveled overland to California (1866-67), part of the way on a Mormon wagon train, and then settled in Omaha, Neb. (1868). Engaged in... Read more |
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Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Pennsylvania Railroad former U.S. transportation company; inc. 1846 by the Pennsylvania legislature. It opened in 1854 as a single-track line between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Beginning in 1857, the company purchased many railroads, most notably the Allegheny Portage RR, that were owned and... Read more |
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John William Draper
John William Draper 1811-82, American scientist, philosopher, and historian, b. near Liverpool, England, M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1836. In 1839 he became professor of chemistry at the Univ. of the City of New York. He helped organize the medical school of the university, became its professor of... Read more |
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg city (1990 pop. 52,376), state capital and seat of Dauphin co., SE Pa., on the Susquehanna River; settled c.1710 by John Harris, who established a trading post and operated a ferry there; inc. 1791. It is a commercial, wholesale, administrative, and transportation center. Manufactures... Read more |
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Draper
Draper (1811–82)Englishscientist, father of H.Draper; he moved to the USA in 1832. Draper was a pioneer photographer. In the winter of 1839/40 he obtained the first daguerreotype (early form of photograph) of the Moon, in which the maria were distinctly visible. In 1843 he took what is... Read more |
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William Henry Hastie
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John C. Van Horne, ed., Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad: the Photographs...
...Pennsylvania Railroad creating...titled "Pennsylvania Rail Road...Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad...Photographs of William H. Rau, John C...Lynch, the ... |