Kleckner's stereoview of Susquehanna from the corner of Race and Susquehanna looking towards the Mansion House. Circa 1872. See also data on reverse - probably date of card purchase. A fascinating picture of two tobacco shops -Oliver Brenheiser's and Oliver Crilley's. Brenheiser's is clearly visible and has cigar store Indian out front. Crilley's is one shop down under awning (awning support posts are labeled 'Cigars' and 'Pipes'). Oliver Crilley, a resident of the Northern Liberties and Civil War veteran, owned this store until his death in 1877 from consumption. Crilley's Civil War record is an interesting one and his muster records indicate he was wounded at both Antietam (1862) and Petersburg (1864). At the latter engagement, Crilley lost a leg below the knee. Crilley's records indicate that he fought at Gettysburg, but his name was erased from the 81^st Regiment monument in 1911, probably because someone misinterpreted his muster records (thinking he lost his leg at Antietam - which he did not - and so couldn't have been at Gettysburg). His service records indicate otherwise. After contacting the National Park Service about having his name reinstated, we were told that the monuments themselves are now considered historical and therefore no changes are allowed even if the original deletion was in error. A sad case for someone who served his country, died a bachelor and left no relatives to remember him. A very close inspection of this photo shows one individual along the street in front of Crilley's, slightly bent over, who appears to have dark pants with a stripe (perhaps military issue??). Could this be Crilley? Oliver is buried, along with his mother, in the Upper Mauch Chunk Cemetery.

Notice herringbone brick patterned sidewalk in the very right foreground.