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Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 [Postwar sketchbook: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad] [word processed inventory available]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02672 Author/Creator: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 Place Written: Various Places Type: Sketchbook Date: 1874 Pagination: 1 v. : 14 drawings Height: 14 cm, Width: 24 cm Order a Copy

Postwar sketchbook of scenery along the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad. Mostly nature scenes like Scranton Gorge, Seneca Lake in Watkins NY, and Paupack Falls in Hawley, Pennsylvania. One pre-war sketch of Gilmanton, New Hampshire Academy, dated 1857 where Bachelder probably went to school. Some sketches are signed, titled, and dated. Some are unfinished. Pencil with watercolor, gray/black wash or ink. Blank pages at the end. Bound in a purple stamped cloth case style binding.

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

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