Local Families Photograph Collection/Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson (taken in Meadville, Crawford Co, PA)

Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson (taken in Meadville, Crawford Co, PA): front of photograph
Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson (taken in Meadville, Crawford Co, PA)

front of photograph

Name/Title

Local Families Photograph Collection/Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson (taken in Meadville, Crawford Co, PA)

Entry/Object ID

2023.006.036

Tags

Photograph, real photo postcard, postcard

Scope and Content

This photograph collection primarily consists of the Hall and Williams family and their extended relations of Chester County, Pennsylvania. At some point in the 20th century the family and photographs extend to Meadville of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Context

Real photo postcard (1907-1920s) photograph of Elwood Glisson (1855-1938) and Amy Ida Glisson (1857-1944) Postcard from Meadville, PA photographer Henry Edgarton Ellsworth's (1866-1954) studio. Ellsworth was the nephew of Amy Ida Glisson's aunt Rossana B. Smith Hall (1836-1905) on the Smith side.

Collection

MSS 006 Local Families Photograph Collection

Cataloged By

Daniel McCormick

Category

Amy Ida Williams Glisson, Elwood Glisson
Williams Family

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Portrait

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Picture

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Photography, Black & white photographs, Portrait photographs, Card photographs, Postcards, Photographic postcards, Real photo postcards

Create Date

June 3, 2025

Update Date

June 12, 2025