Written on the back of the photograph in pencil is "Jeannette Loff (Pathe Player)" Could be the woman holding the valentine or ?? Woman holding scherenschnitte Valentine made by George Ralston for Mary Mathiot, his wife, four years before his death. Written on back of photo is lineage as follows: "Mary Mathiot (daughter of Jacob M. and Anna Wisler) married George Ralston (artist) who made this valentine in 1840. Four years later he died, leaving baby, Anna Martha who married Joseph Boyd of Centerville, MD. Their children: Mary A., -- Gertrude and Charles Edward. Mary A. married John Ward Willson, Harrisburg and their only child, Anna Gertrude married Irwin Loose. Their two children are John W. and Dorothy) Eight years later his widow, Mary Mathiot Ralston married, Jacob S. Snyder, who was my (Alyse Eugenia Victoria Wisler Beatty) grandfather. His two children were Mary Elizabeth (my mother) and Alicia Eugenie (Married Percy Thomas, only child J. Herbert Thomas)"
Handwritten valentine with collage of passion flower
Description
Handwritten valentine with collage of passion flower. Notation in another hand with name Dorcas Buchanan and New York address. Notation of “Lewis S. Richards” on reverse with calculations. 722 Bowery, New York.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
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Accession Number
JBMS1996.125
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 5, Subseries 1, Folder 29
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Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
