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Guy Irvine, Pioneer Lumberman (1868)
Guy Irvine, Pioneer Lumberman (1868)
People, Portraits
Guy Irvine: farmer, lumberman, mill owner, and character. Died August 24, 1868.
Intersection of Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (1868)
Intersection of Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (1868)
Hotels, Streets, People
An 1868 view of the intersection of Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, with the Carver House hotel as centerpiece. A new brick building on the Avenue 400 block was under construction after an 1867 fire.
Pennsylvania Avenue (1868)
Pennsylvania Avenue (1868)
Buildings, Banks, Hotels
Intersection of Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in 1868. At left is Archibald Tanner's store building. The Carver House hotel dominates the scene, with, at right, the brick Tanner building, later the site of Citizens National Bank, and now (2004) Community Consumer Discount Company.
Rafts at Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (1887)
Rafts at Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (1887)
Rivers, Exhibition buildings, People, Baby carriages
View from Hickory Street to the river and south side fairgrounds in 1887. The Carver House hotel is at right. Ladies in period dress with prams. Note the high-wheeler at right.
Second Avenue at the Point (1868)
Second Avenue at the Point (1868)
Buildings, Churches
North side of Second Avenue circa 1868. Brick buildings replacing the frame structures shown here became home to firms such as First National Bank, the Printz and Carnahan stores, G.C. Murphy's, and Warren National Bank (PNC Bank). At far right is the tower of the First Presbyterian church (later Bethlehem Covenant) on Market Street.