Name/Title
Letter from Edward A. Von Schmidt about donation of photos, c. 1960Entry/Object ID
2020.43.1Description
Acc. No. 20.43.1
Subject Category:
Date or Period: c. 1960
Object: Letter
Description: Handwritten letter written on tissue paper, without heading or date, in what appears to be fountain pen ink. The letter is mounted on what appears to be a part of an old wooden roof shingle. A small catalog label ‘36X’ is attached to the right top corner.
Letter has also been stamped with a anti-reproduction stamp of the Historical Society.
Signed by Edward A. Von Schmidt. Letter describes photos of a dredger, used to dredge the Estuary, presented to the Historical Society.
Size: shingle, roughly L 8 1/2 X W 6 5/8 inches; letter, L 8 1/8 X W 6 1/8 inches.
History: Letter written by Edward A von Schmidt, son of Col. Alexis W. von Schmidt. Describes objects presented to the Society. Content has been used to formulate 81.9.1. The mentioned photo appears to have been cataloged as 97.643.1.
Donor:
Edward A. Von Schmidt
Donated: c. 1960
Cataloged: September 12, 2020