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I see on the bottom of the print that it is for Wapwallopen Mills. I did a quick search and found some interesting information. Some background on the mill....
http://www.pagenweb.org/~luzerne/dpmills.htm
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/ric...en/History.htm
Kind of cool how they built the buildings with a wall made to blow out to save the rest of the building.
here are a few pictures of the mill intermixed with others....
http://digital.hagley.org/cdm/search...nd/cosuppress/
And how it is used today.... watch the video!
http://demshitz.com/wapwallopen-creek/
If you have the time, look at all their advertising for a match, it is found here:
http://digital.hagley.org/cdm/search...s/order/nosort
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