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Limerick Township Historical Society photograph collection
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Held at: Limerick Township Historical Society [Contact Us]545 West Ridge Pike, Limerick, Pennsylvania, 19468
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Limerick Township Historical Society. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
Limerick Township, in what is now Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was incorporated in 1726. It originally included the river crossing community of Royersford (established as a separate borough in 1879). In 1777, George Washington passed through the area, staying at the Mordecai Evans house in Linfield in 1777. In the 1810s, its population surpassed 1,000 people and its first permanent church edifice, the Limerick Union Church (hosting the Lutheran and Reformed (UCC) denominations), was dedicated. Limerick's first public school district was formed in 1852. In 1866, the first major industrial presence in Limerick Township, March, Sisler & Co., moved its factory to the area. Later significant factories in the area included the Kinsey Distillery and the Limerick Nuclear Power Plant.
Bibliography:
Limerick Township Historical Society. "Limerick History." 2009-2010. Accessed May 9, 2012. http://www.limerickpahistory.org/timeline.html.
This collection consists of various photographs relating to Limerick, taken by or collected by the Limerick Township Historical Society. The photographs taken by the Society and its members date from 1984 to 2012, and focus on particular subjects such as the Hood Mansion, Hunsberger House, Barns of Limerick, Historic Resources Surveys, and Society activities and events. Photographs collected by the Society include originals and reproductions, and date back to 1885 or older. These photographs depict local residents, schools and class photos, churches, historic sites and buildings, and other subjects of local interest. There are some family photographs, notably a box of early- to mid-20th century photographs from the Obenshine and Metka families. Of special interest is an album of real photo postcards from Limerick, 1885-1927.
Materials created by or collected by the Limerick Township Historical Society over time.
Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2011-2012 as part of a pilot project conducted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to make better known and more accessible the largely hidden collections of small, primarily volunteer run repositories in the Philadelphia area. The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was accomplished during the HCI-PSAR project.
In some cases, more detailed inventories or finding aids may be available on-site at the repository where this collection is held; please contact Limerick Township Historical Society directly for more information.
Organization
Subject
Place
- Publisher
- Limerick Township Historical Society
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
- Sponsor
- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access Restrictions
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Contact Limerick Township Historical Society for information about accessing this collection.