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1876-19? antique SCRAPBOOK PHOTOS seward pa SHAW MEANS ARNOT WILEY family
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DESCRIPTION
Large antique family scrapbook made from a red gilt-titled “Literary Cuttings” blank book, documenting Scottish-American Presbyterian life, Pennsylvania Railroad work, and family history c. 1876–1915. Measures approx. 8.5\" × 11\". All pages shown.
Contents mix original photographs, PRR employee passes, church papers, correspondence, postcards, clippings, and stamps—many with ink captions tying the Shaw, Arnot, Means, Wiley, Savage, Crowdy families to Seward/Wilmore/Oxford PA; Dundasburg OH; Mountainside/Haddonfield/Salem NJ; Baltimore MD; and Edinburgh, Scotland.
Highlights
1876 Free High Church of Scotland certificate for Miss Mary Arnot (Edinburgh).
PRR employee trip passes (1905) for M. L. Shaw (Pittsburgh–Conemaugh Division).
Wilmore Dam construction photographs (ca. 1906–07)—stone spillway, rail equipment, work scenes.
Family portraits & outings labeled Oxford 1909, Big Springs 1908, Mt. Holly 1914, etc.
Education & church ephemera: West Nottingham Academy (1903) program; Presbyterian Church views (Seward PA; Mountainside NJ); lecture ticket “Castles in Spain” (1909).
Signed horse pedigree (1896) for “Thomas S.” by William Efton Shaw, Dundasburg, O.
Literary/pop-culture clippings: Abe the Agent, Toonerville Trolley, Life (Tweedledum & Tweedledee), John Masefield; plus a page of early U.S. stamps and a postal-rate chart.
From the full album review, there are four clearly recurring family names represented through captions, signatures, and documents:
SHAW — most frequent; M. L. Shaw (Pennsylvania Railroad employee), William Efton Shaw (Dundasburg OH breeder), and Margaret Shaw in family photos.
MEANS — Helen Means, Ethel Means & Child, and “Mother & Margaret” photos.
ARNOT — the Scottish root family, represented by Mary Arnot, Edinburgh 1876 Free Church certificate.
WILEY — appears in several later pages (letters and album captions, e.g., “Wiley family,” “Mrs. Wiley, Oxford PA”).
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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