Pennsylvania Susquehannock Indian Village
An early, though somewhat fanciful, depiction of a Pennsylvania Susquehannock Indian village with agricultural pursuits and livestock.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Flagship Niagara
Flagship of Pennsylvania: the ship received this official designation by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1990.
Erie Maritime Museum
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Shad Fishing on the Delaware
Shad fishing on the Delaware River in the nineteenth century.
Pennsylvania State Archives
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
19th century
Oyster Advertisement
Pithole City, PA restaurant advertisement featuring oysters, game, and fish.
Drake Well Museum
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Pithole City
Pithole City, where countless oysters were consumed during the oil boom.
Drake Well Museum
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Jacob Fussell Ice Cream Sign
Before moving to Seven Valleys, Jacob Fussell opened a dairy business in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1851.
Library of Congress
Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine
L. D. Bassett Advertisement
Bassetts Ice Cream Company, founded in 1861 by Quaker schoolteacher and farmer Lewis Dubois Bassett, is the nation's oldest ice cream company. Bassetts has been sold at Philadelphia's famous Reading Terminal Market since 1893.
Library of Congress
Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine
C. Jacob Fussell
C. Jacob Fussell
Library of Congress
Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine
Birthplace of Commercial Ice Cream Production
Honey Hollow Watershed