Name/Title
Roop's mill suspension bridgeEntry/Object ID
2000.028.005Description
Print, photographic. B/W silver gelatin print mounted on black board. Overall size 4.25"h x 5.25"w; image measures 2.25"h x 3.375"w. Photographer unknown. Shows a group of children on the suspension bridge at Roops Mill near Westminster. C. 1915. Tallest girl at right viewing end of back row is Helen Elizabeth Kauffman Erb; others unidentified.Acquisition
Accession
2000.028Source or Donor
Erb, Robert AlanAcquisition Method
GiftGeneral Notes
Note
The family of John David Kauffman (b. 8 July 1869 - d. 28 Dec 1930) rented the Peter Royer farm on Royer Road in Westminster, Md. for a number of years in the early 1900s. Kauffman raised horses and cattle on the farm and also had the contract to haul coal from the Western Maryland Railway to Western Maryland College. John’s wife was Anna Virginia Tully Kauffman (b. 26 June 1872 – d. 8 July 1937); their daughters were Ella Marie Kauffman Koontz (b. 5 Nov 1897 – d. 17 April 1999) and Helen Elizabeth Kauffman Erb (b. 27 April 1900 – d. 28 Oct 1988).