Local Families Photograph Collection/Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson, circa 1910

Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson, circa 1910: front of photograph - Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson, circa 1910
Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson, circa 1910

front of photograph - Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson, circa 1910

Name/Title

Local Families Photograph Collection/Elwood and Amy Ida Glisson, circa 1910

Entry/Object ID

2023.006.049

Tags

Photograph, postcard, real photo 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

Photograph (1907-1920s) of Elwood (1855-1938) and Amy Ida (1857-1944) Glisson (nee Williams) circa 1910 Postcard from Meadville, PA photographer Henry Edgarton Ellsworth's (1866-1954) studio. Ellsworth was the nephew of Amy Ida Glisson's aunt Rosanna B. Smith Hall (1836-1905).

Collection

MSS 006 Local Families Photograph Collection

Cataloged By

Susannah Thurlow

Category

Elwood Glisson, Amy Ida Williams Glisson, Henry Edgarton Ellsworth
Williams Family, Photographers and Photography Studios, Ellsworth Family, Smith Family

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Postcard, Picture

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Portrait

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Picture

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Post cards, Postcards, Photographic postcards, Real photo postcards, Portrait photographs, Black & white photographs

Research Notes

Research Type

Updated by

Person

Daniel McCormick

Create Date

May 9, 2023

Update Date

June 12, 2025