The Unitarian College, 1908 |
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Meadville's Other Major College
Labels:
1840's,
1890's,
1920's,
Family Histories,
Little Known Facts,
Meadville
Location:
Meadville, PA 16335, USA
Sunday, April 16, 2017
The World War 1 Artwork of Clarence Underwood
Clarence F. Underwood - 1905 |
Training
Clarence attended both the public schools as well as Allegheny College, but art was his ticket to the larger world. Leaving Meadville he received formal training at the Art Students League in New York, then London, and later at the Julian Academy in Paris as a pupil of Jean-Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and William Bouguereau, in 1896. Soon after leaving the Academy, Clarence would choose for himself a career as an illustrator.
Labels:
1900's,
1910's,
Allegheny College,
Little Known Facts,
Local Historical Figures,
Meadville,
The Great War
Location:
Meadville, PA 16335, USA
Sunday, March 12, 2017
John Heisman - Football Legend from Titusville
Coach John Heisman (center) with his 1909 Georgia Tech team. |
Labels:
1880's,
1890's,
1900's,
1910's,
Little Known Facts,
Local Historical Figures,
Sports History,
The Oil Boom,
Titusville
Location:
Titusville, PA 16354, USA
Sunday, March 5, 2017
The Magnificent McHenry House Part 2 - Departures and Demises
A & GW Depot with McHenry House to the left in 1869 |
Labels:
1860's,
1870's,
1880's,
Civil War,
Little Known Facts,
Local Historical Figures,
Local Industry,
Meadville,
The Oil Boom
Location:
Meadville, PA 16335, USA
Sunday, February 26, 2017
The Magnificent McHenry House Part 1: A City Arrives
A crowd gathered to greet one of the inaugural A & GW trains. Note the Depot in the background. |
The McHenry House was a premier dining hall and hotel, named in honor of James McHenry, Esquire, the London financial agent sent in 1859 to ensure the successful construction of the Atlantic and Great Western (A & GW) Railroad. McHenry couldn’t have imagined the challenges that awaited him, but even so, he managed to secure needed resources, albeit controversially, despite labor shortages, political infighting, and the Civil War.
Location:
Meadville, PA 16335, USA
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