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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-19-03-42
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
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)"
Creator
Thomas, William E.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Ralston, George
Mathiot, Mary
Ralston, Mary
Snyder, Mary Mathiot Ralston
Loff, Jeanette
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Scherenschnitte
Valentines
Women
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-19-03-42
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Two hearts or valentines - LB + BS - carved into Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge.
Object ID
1-04-05-20
Date Range
November 1999
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Two hearts or valentines - LB + BS - carved into Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge.
Description
Two hearts or valentines - LB + BS - carved into Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge.
Date Range
November 1999
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Hearts
Valentines
Covered bridges
Hunsecker's Mill
Bridges
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-04-05-20
Images
Less detail