transparency, slide

Photograph

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

transparency, slide

Entry/Object ID

1978.1116.034

Description

Gladys Wimert, Mary Shellman, and Albert Mitten; Memorial Day, 1937. Copy slide.

Acquisition

Accession

1978.1116

Source or Donor

Byers, John R.

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

Part of a collection of slides taken by John Byers. Most are copies of early photographs. Original deed of gift reads "79 slides of Carroll County Places & People"

Note

Mary B. Shellman(1849-1938) was a leading citizen of Westminster and Carroll County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She founded Westminster's Memorial Day parade in 1868, making it one of the oldest continuous observations of Memorial Day in the nation. In 1932 she left Westminster to live with family in Oklahoma and Texas, but returned to Westminster in 1937 to participate in Westminster's Memorial Day observances on the occasion of Carroll County's centennial.