If you have access to Hoopla through your public library, you may watch this hour-long public television documentary on Pennsylvania from Discoveries … America.
Enjoy this vintage illustrated map of Pennsylvania (1946) by Jacques Liozu.
Poems about Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), the beginning verses of A Pennsylvania Pilgrim
Crossing the Alleghanies by John Kirke Paulding (1779–1860)
The Brandywine by Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834)
To the Brandywine by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)
The Hive at Gettysburg by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
Lincoln at Gettysburg by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)
John Burns of Gettysburg by Bret Harte (1836–1902)
The Lehigh by Augusta Moore
The Perkiomen by Isaac R. Pennypacker (1852–1935)
Philadelphia by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
The Meschianza by Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)
Battle of the Kegs by Francis Hopkinson (1737–1791)
The Little Black-Eyed Rebel by William Carleton (1845–1912)
Pewter Platter Alley by Philip Freneau (1752–1832)
Laurel Hill by Sallie Bridges
The Burial-Place at Laurel Hill by Willis Gaylord Clark (1808–1841)
Chalkley Hall by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)
The Centennial, July 4, 1876 by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838–1916)
Pittsburg by James Kibble Paulding (1779–1860)
The Old Church by Isaac R. Pennypacker (1852–1935)
Valley Forge by Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)
Lake Wyalusing by William Henry Cuyler Hosmer (1814–1877)
Wyoming by Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)
Wyoming by Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
The Wyeth Family – Pennsylvania Artists
N. C. Wyeth was the student of Howard Pyle (see US Geography – Delaware). Andrew Wyeth was the son of N. C. Wyeth.
Collection of art by N. C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and other members of the Wyeth family at the Brandeywine River Museum in Chadd’s Ford – An online catalogue raisonné of N. C. Wyeth’s work – An interview with Andrew Wyeth
Videos
Visit Hershey & Harrisburg’s Video – The Pennsylvania State Capitol Building
Visit Pittsburgh’s Video – Only in Pittsburgh Playlist
The Elle Living Youtube Channel features many great videos about Lancaster County, where many Amish live, including A Private Tour of an Amish Farm.
Catholic Philadelphia
SPQN’s Video – The Philadelphia Nativist Riots of 1844 – American Catholic History
PhillyVisions’s Video – The Catholic Shrines of Philadelphia
CatholicPhilly’s Video – Philadelphia Cathedral Basilica Video Tour
Urban Trinity: The Story of Catholic Philadelphia’s Video Series – The Faithful Traveler