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Swayne, A. B. (Anna Belle), 1864-1931.

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Swayne Family Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-065
Abstract

The Swayne family were Quakers of southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The Swayne family picture collection contains, albums, framed photographs, and loose photographs that date from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries and which contain a variety of different photograph types (tintypes, cabinet cards, color prints, etc.).

Dates: 1867 - 1966

Norman Walton Swayne Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-144
Abstract The Swayne family were Quakers of southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. Caleb Swayne was a farmer and tanner, and his son, Benjamin, also operated a tan yard and conducted a school for boys, the London Grove Boarding School. Evan Thomas Swayne also taught at London Grove, but moved to the Eaton Institute, a boarding school for girls in Kennett, after 1865. His son, Edward Swayne, had a greenhouse business and wrote poetry. Edward's sister, Anna Belle, was a photographer before her marriage...
Dates: 1733-1987

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Education -- Pennsylvania 1
Horticulture 1
Photography -- History 1
Quakers -- Albums (Books) 1
Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1