Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
The First Bookwagon 1905-1910
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
wcbm210
IDEntry
96
Creator
Unknown
Rights
Washington County Free Library
Date
1905-1906
Collection Location
Washington County Free Library
Original size
12 x 10 cms
Coverage
Washington County (Md.), 1905-1906
Body
Louise Frey of Ringgold identified the people in the photograph:
Man standing next to the book wagon horse -- Daniel Beard.
Lady in wheelchair -- Lottie Beard, daughter of Daniel. She had suffered from infantile paralysis (polio).
Little girl standing next to woman in wheelchair --Mary Catherine Leather (b. 1900). She, along with her two brothers, was raised by the Beards after her mother died. Mary Catherine's daughter, Louise Frey, identified the individuals.
Location of the photograph -- near Beard's Church, on Beck Road near Smithsburg.
Notes
Title from Annual report 1905-1906. Also included in the Chrissinger album, and in On the Trail of the Book Wagon, where it is entitled "In harvesting time".