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Downey Sisters: Mary Ellen, Charlotte, and Lydia

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Title

Downey Sisters: Mary Ellen, Charlotte, and Lydia

Subject

Wisman, Mary Ellen Downey (1877-1957)
Baird, Charlotte Downey (1887-1919)
Tisenger, Lydia Downey

Description

Photograph of three Downey sisters posed together behind a chair.

Identified from left to right are: Mary Ellen (Downey) Wisman, Charlotte (Downey) Baird, and Lydia (Downey) Tisenger.

They were daughters of Jacob Henry Downey and Virginia Belle (Newland) Downey of Mt. Jackson.

The sisters had a brother, John Pennywik Downey, who is not pictured.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1912".

Contributor

No ID form. Names were written in the margin of the paper copy.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Identifier

026632

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “Downey Sisters: Mary Ellen, Charlotte, and Lydia,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/56305.

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