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  2. Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (HSWP) is a cultural organization in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. History. After several attempts during the early and mid-century to establish a historical society, an organization called Old Residents of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania was formed on January 10, 1859.

  3. Heinz History Center - Wikipedia

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    The Senator John Heinz History Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, [1] is the largest history museum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. Named after U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III (1938–1991) from Pennsylvania, it is located in the Strip District of Pittsburgh . The Heinz History Center is a 275,000-square ...

  4. Reading, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Upon the creation of Berks County in 1752, Reading became the county seat. The region was settled by emigrants from southern and western Germany, who bought land from the Penns. The first Amish community in the New World was established in Greater Reading, Berks County. The Pennsylvanian German dialect was spoken in the area well into the 1950s.

  5. List of museums in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Transportation - Automotive. website, also known as Antique Automobile Club of America Museum, vintage automobiles, buses, motorcycles and memorabilia. Abington Art Center. Jenkintown. Montgomery. Delaware Valley. Art. Contemporary art museum and a sculpture park.

  6. Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is a historic research facility headquartered on Locust Street in Center City Philadelphia. It is a repository for millions of historic items ranging across rare books, scholarly monographs, family chronicles, maps, press reports and varied ephemera, reaching back almost 300 years, and accessible on the ...

  7. The Solitude Mansion - Wikipedia

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    The Solitude Mansion. /  39.9726°N 75.1955°W  / 39.9726; -75.1955. The Solitude Mansion is a historic, American, two-and-a-half story Federal -style mansion located in west Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is situated above the banks of the Schuylkill River on the grounds of the Philadelphia Zoo .

  8. Pennsylvania Railroad class S1 - Wikipedia

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    Disposition. Scrapped 1949. The PRR S1 class steam locomotive (nicknamed "The Big Engine") was a single experimental duplex locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was designed to demonstrate the advantages of duplex drives espoused by Baldwin Chief Engineer Ralph P. Johnson. The S1 class was the largest steam locomotive ever built. [1]

  9. Western History Association - Wikipedia

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    The Western History Association ( WHA ), a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, was founded in 1961 [1] at Santa Fe, New Mexico by Ray Allen Billington, et al. Included in the field of study are the American West and western Canada. The Western History Association was headquartered from 2012 to 2017 at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. [2]