Allentown (Pa.)

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This small collection contains documents related to the establishment of homeopathic medicine in America. The first homeopathic medical school was founded in Bath, Pennsylvania in 1828 and later built in 1834 in Allentown, Pennsylvania rather than the famous Hahnemann Homeopathic College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1848.

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PPL building in background, flower bowls beneath lamps on light poles along Hamilton St. 4 chromolith cards published by R. Ramsey Mebane, Wilkes Barre, Pa., blank.

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Address obliterated by gold ink, Postmark Allentown, PA. Sep 23 1908, horse and buggy in chromolith photo.

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A.C. Bosselman & Co. New York, chromolith, blank.

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Chromolith, blank.

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A.C. Bosselman & Co. New York, chromolith Postmarked Allentown, PA Sep 10,1907. Addressed to Miss Magaret S. Trawbridge, Reading, Pa. from Debbie. Written on face.

Abstract LEPOCO, the Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern, is a non-profit citizens group of approximately 1000 members (as of 2015), based in the Lehigh Valley. Founded in 1965 to oppose the war in Vietnam, LEPOCO's concerns have broadened to include a range of problems that endanger peace and the planet. The collection includes memorabilia preserved from numerous events, newsletters, meeting minutes, and publications. The documents record not only the activities of LEPOCO but also almost the entire...

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The majority of the collection is comprised of letters from Ralph VanArnam Lewis (1902-1977), the bulk of which were sent between 1920 and 1955. Ralph had been a professor in the d Mathematics and Astronomy Department from 1928 to 1967. Most of the letters are between Ralph and his parents and his future wife on topics like the Bethlehem area and Lehigh. The collection also includes letters written by his brother, Lewis.

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This notebook is a 135-silk ribbon collection assembled by an Allentown, Pennsylvania seamstress and milliner named Martha Miller Bander. It was likely made at the beginning of the twentieth century. The ribbons are a range of size, color, and texture.

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Souvenir Postcard Co., black & white, postmarked Northampton, PA Mar 22, 1906 to Miss Cora Lovesick Rourke State Normal School, West Chester Pa. from Betty L.