Westminster

Name/Title

Westminster

Entry/Object ID

1968.001.008

Description

Stereograph. B/W view of Westminster taken from vicinity of College Hill or Ridge Road looking east toward St. Paul's Church at corner of Bond and Green Streets. Shows farm fields in foreground with city in distance. Undated; c.1870. Two images mounted side-by-side on card. Labeled on back: "Donor - Mrs. Grace Hollenbach - grandfather pastor of Grace Lutheran Church 1870's - Westminster, Md. - (Westminster)". Overall size 3.5" x 7"; individual images 3" x 3.25".

Acquisition

Accession

1968.001

Source or Donor

Hollenbach, Eleanor B.

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

The stereographs belonged to donor’s grandfather, Rev. John A. Earnest, who was pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in the 1870s. He also taught German at Western Maryland College. Donor’s mother, Alice, was the oldest child. She graduated from Western Maryland College at age 17 in 1877. Her uncle, Charles Earnest, was born in Westminster in 1871. Donor’s husband, Rev. Dr. John S. Hollenbach, was pastor of the Manchester Reformed Charge for 19 years.