VIOLET HARNER WISE PHOTOGRAPHS
[ca. 1945-1965]
1 cubic foot
Violet Harner Wise (b. 1906) was a Harrisburg employee for various state government agencies, 1930-1964. A technical photographer for the Department of Property and Supplies, as an amateur photographer she often spent her lunch hours recording interesting scenes and events around the city with a Super Ikonta camera, a gift from a German soldier in World War II.
The collection consists of forty-nine color 5"x7" photoprints and 35 mm negatives copied from Wise's original anachrome and ectachrome slides. The State Archives created the slides in October of 1980, with Ms. Wise retaining the originals. There is no restriction on reproduction.
The photographs are arranged by subject. Subjects include construction phases
of the M. Harvey Taylor Bridge, 1950-1951; the dismantling and removal of the
Civil War monument at Second and Arch Streets, 1958; the widening and repaving
of Forster Street, 1950; and abandoned buildings awaiting demolition including
Central High School, the Reily Homestead, and the Nissely Mansion.
- Photographs, [ca. 1945-1965]. (1 box) {#335m.1}
- The container listings for this Manuscript Group are available for viewing and word-searching in PDF format: [Holdings]
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