Ernest Ray Closser Sr.

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Ernest Ray Closser Sr.: Origformat: Print-Photographic
Ernest Ray Closser Sr.

Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

Ernest Ray Closser Sr.

Entry/Object ID

2019.7.16

Description

Ernest Ray Closser, Sr. - husband of Margaret McKee, son of Henry Moninger Closser & Sarah A. Thompson. Original, professional photograph from Clarence F. Long, Community Art Shop, Waynesburg, Pa.

Collection

Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2019.7

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser

Made/Created

Artist

Clarence F. Long Community Art Shop

Place

Town

Waynesburg

County

Greene County

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Notes

Date: 1920 ca

Lexicon

Search Terms

Closser family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: CLOS0016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Closser, Ernest Ray (Sr.) [1896-1974]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Varner-Closser Series - Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection

Notes

The Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection photographs were passed from Joseph Varner [1828-1896] and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Kennedy, to their son James Leander Varner [1858-1952] and his wife, Laura Dell Wilson [1870-1949], to their son Arleigh Ray Varner [1888-1986] and his wife, Lida May Smith [1890-1981], to their daughter Sarah Margaret Varner, wife of Ernest Ray Closser Jr. [1923-1976], who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2006. Source Citation: Ernest Ray Closser Sr., item no. CLOS0016, Sarah Margaret (Varner) Closser Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).