Robert Lawrence Throckmorton Sr. delivering his son with the mail

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Robert Lawrence Throckmorton Sr. delivering his son with the mail

Entry/Object ID

2006.1.51

Description

Robert Lawrence Throckmorton Sr., while employed as a rural mail carrier in Greene County, Pennsylvania, delivering his son Robert Lawrence Throckmorton Jr. to his wife, Ella May (Watson) Throckmorton, with the day's mail. Original, candid.

Collection

Katherine Jane (Throckmorton) Toothman Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1918 - 1920

Lexicon

Search Terms

Horses, Infants, Occupations--Postal Service, Pastimes, Throckmorton family, Watson family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

TOOK_AN001_0050

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Throckmorton, Robert Lawrence (Sr.) [1889-1964]

Person or Organization

Throckmorton, Robert Lawrence (Jr.) [1917-1972]

Person or Organization

Watson, Ella May [1893-1988]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Throckmorton-McGlumphy Series - Katherine Jane (Throckmorton) Toothman Collection

Notes

The Throckmorton-McGlumphy Series photographs were most likely passed from William Harvey Throckmorton [1850-1921] and his wife, Lucy Jane McGlumphy [1861-1933] to their son Robert Lawrence Throckmorton, Sr. [1889-1964] and his wife, Ella May Watson [1893-1988] to their daughter, Katherine Jane (Throckmorton) Toothman who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2006. Source Citation: Robert Lawrence Throckmorton Sr. delivering his son with the mail, item no. TOOK_AN001_0050, Katherine Jane (Throckmorton) Toothman Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).