The Wissahickon

Name/Title

The Wissahickon

Entry/Object ID

2013.34.5.91

Description

The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 5 -The Wissahickon Page 91 contains a photograph with a typed label that reads as follows: "Entrance to abandoned Wissahickon Mine of Eighteenth Century." The photograph shows two young boys standing beside the entrance to the Wissahickon Mine (also known as "The Caves"). The two boys are dressed in double-breasted suits with ties, knee-length stockings with "high" shoes and pant legs tucked into the stockings. They are also wearing caps.

Collection

GHS Scrapbook Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1890 - 1910