Name/Title
Leola Wise at SusquehannaEntry/Object ID
1980.001.0192Description
Black and white 8"h x 10"w photo of Mrs. Leola Wise at the fenced plot containing the Rousby tomb in front of the reconstruction of Susquehanna in Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. Mrs. Wise had on a plain shirtdress with three-quarter sleeves and large dark buttons. She had on a necklace of light colored stones and a watch. She was wearing dark "sensible" shoes. She had short curly hair and simple glasses. She was very, very thin. The tomb is a large rectangle raised slightly above ground and covered with a flat slab of stone. The house behind has a large interior chimney about a third of the way along the roof peak, four gable roofed dormers with six over six windows, and a shed roof over a full length front porch. On the far left, there is a narrow door into the house, two six over six windows with dark shutters spread out in the wall space, another door, and another window. The roof is supported with six very simple posts. A letter from 1953 was in the presentation folder, addressed to Mrs. Wise. The photographer, George Miller, was her cousin. The letter revealed that Mrs. Wise lived in Susquehanna as a child and Mr. Miller visited there in the summers. He sent a series of pictures of the house and asked her to give them to the county library. The photo is in a maroon deckle edge presentation folder. On cover page 2, Mr. Miller glued a typewritten description of the photo: "Susquehanna House Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan This quaint early American home was built 300 years ago at the mouth of the Patuxent River, near the Chesapeake Bay, at Cedar Point, Maryland. It served for many years as the town meeting place and as the home of Christopher Rousby, the King's Collector of Customs in Maryland. Mrs. Leola Graves Wise of Great Mills, Md., viewing the tomb of John and Christopher Rousby, lived in the old home for four years during her childhood. Photo taken August 12, 1953" signed in the matte, lower right
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Text on verso: none visibleCollection
Miscellaneous Donated Photographs CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Details: Presentation folder=11"h x 12 1/2"wDimension Notes
Print Size: 8" x 10"Location
Container
Miscellaneous Donated Photographs Collection, Box 2Shelf
Rack 17, Shelf 2Rack
Rack 17Wall
North wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallContainer
Miscellaneous Donated Photographs Collection, Box 2Shelf
Rack 17, Shelf 2Rack
Rack 17Wall
North wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallContainer
Miscellaneous Donated Photographs Collection, Box 1Shelf
Rack 17, Shelf 2Rack
Rack 17Wall
North wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Ford, HenryPerson or Organization
Miller, George H.Person or Organization
Pickerell, EloisePerson or Organization
Wise, LeolaPerson or Organization
Rousby, Christopher (16??-1684)