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Bird's Eye View of Altoona, Pa.
Artist
Thaddeus M. Fowler
(American, 1842 - 1922)
Artist
Oakley H. Bailey
(American, 1843 - 1947)
Printer
American Oleograph Co.
(American)
Portfolio/SeriesO'Connor/Yeager Collection
Date1872
MediumLithograph, toned
DimensionsSheet: 18 15/16 x 26 5/8 in. (48.1 x 67.6 cm)
Credit LinePartial gift and purchase from John C. O'Connor and Ralph M. Yeager
Object number86.384
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameLithograph
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Markingsverso, bottom left: [signature], [measurements]
Inscribedbottom left: Drawn & Pub. by Fowler & Bailey; bottom right: American Oleograph Co. Print; bottom center margin: Bird's Eye View of Altoona, Pa. 1872.; bottom left margin: References: 1. Market House, 2. Union School, 3. Penn. R.R. Car Shops, 4. Penn. R.R. Car Shops, 5. Engine House, 6. Kemps Carriage Manu'fy; bottom right margin: Churches: A. Methodist, B. Baptist, C. German Reform, D. Presbyterian, E. German Lutheran, F. [German] Catholic, G. United Brethren H. Catholic Cathedral.
Exhibition HistoryFrom Main Street to Moscow By Way Of Rails and Sails, Palmer Museum of Art, May 8-September 2, 2001; Our Town, Palmer Museum of Art, June 3 - September 28, 1997ProvenanceRalph M. Yeager and John C. O'ConnorPublished ReferencesReps, J. W., Views and Viewmakers of Urban America, Columbia, 1984, pp. 51, 53, 162-63, 175, 177, 462, cat. no. 3306.