Mount Morris Fair - Mount Morris, Perry Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Mount Morris Fair - Mount Morris, Perry Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Entry/Object ID

2023.12.162

Description

Dated 1909. Real-photo postcard of the Mount Morris Fair in Mount Morris, Perry Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The Mount Morris Fair and Agricultural Association was chartered in 1905. They held fairs for seven years. Original, no photographer listed.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Real-photo postcard

Collection

Mary (Vance) McCann Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1909

Lexicon

Search Terms

Crowds, Mount Morris (Pa.)--Fairs, Pastimes, Perry (Greene County, Pa. : Township)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MILB-AN001-0005-0008

Web Links and URLs

DOWNLOAD high-resolution JPG image, DOWNLOAD high-resolution TIFF image

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Places - Vance Series - Mary (Vance) McCann Collection

Owner/Agent

Miller, William Marshall

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2023

Notes

The Mary (Vance) McCann Collection was passed from George Birch Vance [1870-1928] and Jessie Dell (McFarland) Vance [1868-1935] with the ownership of their home in Mapletown, Monongahela Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, to their daughter, Mary (Vance) McCann [1898-1987], and her husband, Marshall Albert McCann [1895-1956]. Mary (Vance) McCann left the collection to her grandson, William Marshall Miller, who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2023. SOURCE CITATION: Mount Morris Fair in Mount Morris, Perry Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; dated 1909; item no. MILB-AN001-0005-0008, Mary (Vance) McCann Collection, shared by her grandson, William Marshall Miller; Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).