George Tilly - postmaster at Columbia. Possibly George Tilly as a boy.
Provenance
Album thought to be from the Gruel family of Lancaster. Possibly belonging to John Gruel, who lived in Gettysburg. Many of the subjects of the album were students at Gettysburg College. This is a small leather album of cart de visites and tintypes.
Photograph- Carte de visite. Jeremiah G. Hess, Columbia coal merchant and ironmaster. He was a partner in the Henry Clay furnace and was treasurer of the Susquehanna Rolling Mill, as well as serving as president of the Columbia Board of Trade.
Photograph- Carte de visite. Jeremiah G. Hess, Columbia coal merchant and ironmaster. He was a partner in the Henry Clay furnace and was treasurer of the Susquehanna Rolling Mill, as well as serving as president of the Columbia Board of Trade.
Description
Carte de visite. Jeremiah G. Hess, Columbia coal merchant and ironmaster. He was a partner in the Henry Clay furnace and was treasurer of the Susquehanna Rolling Mill, as well as serving as president of the Columbia Board of Trade.