American Sentinel, interior

Postcard

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

American Sentinel, interior

Entry/Object ID

1955.528.056

Description

Postcard. B/W silver gelatin print, 3.5" x 4.5", showing the employees of the American Sentinel in the Sentinel office, Westminster. Names are written on back ___ Mitten, ____ Price, and ____ Seabrook.

Acquisition

Accession

1955.528

Source or Donor

Carroll County Commissioners

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

The American Sentinel was the successor to the Westminster Carrolltonian and ran from 1855 to 1928. Originally supporting the nativist American Party, the Sentinel was the primary organ for the Republican Party in Carroll County. Its editors included William H. Grammar (1855-1862), Thomas J. Lockard (1862-1868), Harry J. Shellman (1868), William L.W. Seabrook (1868-1873, 1888-1909), Dr. William H. Rippard (1873-1888) and Joseph D. Brooks (1909-1928).