Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.9.85Description
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 9 -The Wissahickon
Page 85 contains a clipping and photograph from a newspaper article (The Record, 1907). The article focuses on the Sheetz farm, a portion of the vast Van Renssaelaer estate located in the vicinity of Whitemarsh and Upper Dublin Townships. The article relates details of the physical attributes of the farm and the history of the Scheetz family form their original roots in Crefeld, Germany and involvement in the Frankfort Company to the settlement of Germantown and the purchase of land in Montgomery county.Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1890 - 1910Notes
Creation Date: 1907
