[Miscellaneous Sites in Reading, Pennsylvania]: looking east from the 300 block of Penn Street toward 4th Street, showing the American House Hotel on the right and the Grand Central Hotel (1860) with its rooftop cupola/observatory in the left middle distance.

[Miscellaneous Sites in Reading, Pennsylvania] [glass negative]: looking east from the 300 block of Penn Street toward 4th Street, showing the American House Hotel on the right and the Grand Central Hotel (1860) [...]

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Object Details

Photographer

Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966

Collection Creator

Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966

Sears & Wendell

Olmsted Brothers

Harvard University

American Society of Landscape Architects

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection.

sova.aag.srs_ref6166

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6ed276749-064a-40e6-a602-28691f83592b

General

The image appears in John Nolen, Replanning Reading, An Industrial City of a Hundred Thousand (Boston: Geo. H. Ellis Co., Printers, 1910). It also appears in John Nolen, Replanning Small Cities: Six Typical Studies (New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1912).

Place

Pennsylvania -- Reading

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Berks County -- Reading

Topic

Sidewalks

Avenues

Utility poles

Urban areas

Stores

People

Hotels

Photographer

Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966

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Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection

Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection / Series 1: Photographic Images / United States / Pennsylvania / PA310: Reading -- Miscellaneous Sites in Reading, Pennsylvania

Extent

1 Glass negative (black-and-white, 8 x 10 in.)

Date

1909 Oct.

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.SRS, Item PA310019

Type

Archival materials

Glass negatives

Collection Rights

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Genre/Form

Glass negatives

Collection Restrictions

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

AAG.SRS_ref6166

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6ed276749-064a-40e6-a602-28691f83592b

AAG.SRS

AAG

Record ID

ebl-1562707900944-1562707902134-4

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