Swan and Brosius families

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2019.3.16

Description

Real-photo postcard of [Left-Right]: BACK - Alford F. Swan [1870-1941], Susan Elma (Swan) Brosius [1873-1970]; FRONT - Ruth Ann (Swan) Brosius [1880-1951], Raymond Samuel Brosius [1880-1966], Marion (Brosius) Berrehsem [1905-1984]. Original, professional photograph from Phillips' Studio, 1619 Boardwalk, Atlantic City.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Real-photo postcard

Collection

Suzanne Wylie Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Phillips' Studio

Date made

circa 1907

Place

Location

New Jersey / Atlantic County / Atlantic City

Lexicon

Search Terms

Bathing suits, Brosius family, Pastimes, Swan family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

SWAN-AN001-0016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Brosius, Marion [1905-1984]

Person or Organization

Brosius, Raymond Samuel [1880-1966]

Person or Organization

Swan, Alford F. [1870-1941]

Person or Organization

Swan, Ruth Ann (a/k/a Annie) [1880-1951]

Person or Organization

Swan, Susan Elma [1873-1970]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Swan Series - Suzanne Wylie Collection

Notes

The Swan Series photographs were passed from Alford Gregg Swan [1827-1903] and his wife, Elma Phillips [1837-1923], to their daughter, Ruth Ann Swan [1880-1951] and her husband, Raymond Samuel Brosius [1880-1966], to their daughter, Margaret Lucile Brosius [1907-1999] and her husband, Garvin Roseborough Wylie [1896-1981], to their daughter, Suzanne Wylie who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2009. Each generation added to the collection with photographs from their own family and in-laws. Source Citation: Swan and Brosius families; item no. SWAN-AN001-0016, Suzanne Wylie Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).