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USS Wilkes-Barre Poster

$4.72

The Luzerne County Historical Society is pleased to offer these Commemorative USS Wilkes-Barre Posters for sale. The USS Wilkes-Barre, named after the city of Wilkes-Barre, was a Cleveland Class Light Cruiser that launched in 1943, participated in the Pacific Theater during World War II , and was the last Light Cruiser in the US inventory. The poster design is inspired by wartime posters during World War II, and shows the USS Wilkes-Barre at launch. Each poster is full color, measures 11”x 17” and is printed on heavy parchment cardstock, making it suitable for framing. PLEASE NOTE: These posters are Print on Demand. Posters are not made until they are ordered. Please allow an average of 1-2 business days for processing before your order ships.

Valley With a Heart: Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley Portraits, Places & Moments in Time

$32.90

Author: William C. Kashatus Description: Chronicles more than two centuries of the Wyoming Valley’s history and heritage. Size: 8-1/2 x 11 paperback – 171 pages Published: 2013

Warrior Road: The Story of Sullivan’s March Through Pennsylvania Before the Invasion of the Iroquois Homelands

$33.02

Produced By: Luzerne County Historical Society, Luzerne County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Canterbury Tours and Services, and other community partners Description: Across the verdant hills of Pennsylvania and into the fertile valleys of New York, a complex and epic story unfolded, one whose legacy is very much with us today. Listen to and consider this story as you drive at your own pace, exploring the geography that bore silent witness to the events of over two centuries ago. The echoes can still be felt in the hills. Size: 6 x 9 Paperback – 48 pages + 3 audio CDs Published: 2006

WHGS Pamphlet – An Address

$4.72

Author: Mrs. John Case Phelps Description: Delivered on the Occasion of the Erection of a Monument at Laurel Run, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania on September 12, 1896 to mark the spot where Captain Joseph David and Lieutenant William Jones, of the Pennsylvania Line, were slain by the Indians April 23, 1779. Size: 6 x 9-1/22 Published: 1897

WHGS Pamphlet – German Leaven in a Pennsylvania Loaf

$4.72

Author: Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards, Esq. Description: German emigrants brought change to Pennsylvania. The English live in harmony with the Germans they despised. The Scotch-Irish dwell quietly with German neighbors. The spirit of the Germans is the leaven that altered the nature of Pennsylvania. Size: 6 x 9-1/2 Published: 1897

WHGS Pamphlet – Giant Power

$4.72

An Address by F.H. Newell before the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, September 29, 1925. Presentation about the growing use of mechanical and electrical power.

WHGS Pamphlet – John and Sebastian Cabot

$4.72

Author: Harry Hakes, M.D. Description: A Four Hundredth Anniversary Memorial of the Discovery of America. Read before the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, June 24th, 1897. Size: 6 x 9 Published: 1897

WHGS Pamphlet – Local Shell Beds

$4.72

Read By: Sheldon Reynolds, A.M., Corresponding Secretary of the Society, September 14, 1883. Description: A scholarly paper regarding archaeological examination of shell-beds left by ancient Native Americans along the Atlantic Coast. Reprinted from Part I, Volume II, of the Proceedings and Collections of the Society. *Please note: This is an original publication – it may have uncut pages and no longer be in “like new” condition. Size: 6 x 9 inches, 8 pages Published: 1886

WHGS Pamphlet – New England Architecture in the Wyoming Valley, 1769 – 1839

$4.72

Authors: Alan W. Perkins and Barbara M. Biggs Description: an exhibit of early Wyoming Valley architecture and tools at the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Spring, 1964. Size: 6 x 9 inches