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A0081 – Ella Harper Messer Photoalbum
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title: Ella Harper Messer Photoalbum
Date span: 1910-c. 1918
Physical description: 1.17 linear ft. (1 box) 19 page album
Creator(s): Ella Virginia Harper Messer
Language note: English
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Restriction on Access: The collection is available for supervised use by appointment during normal Boynton Beach City Library hours. Users are required to complete a registration form and comply with the library’s regulations governing use.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction: Materials in the collections are to be used for private study, scholarship, or research in accord with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). The Boynton Beach City Library adheres to all conditions specified in the law when providing reproductions of copyrighted material. Any use of a reproduction in excess of “fair use," may result in the user’s liability for copyright infringement.
Acquisition Information: Donor noted as Messer (2016.022)
Custodial History: Dismantled prior to 2013; some items may have been added to other collections. An attempt has been made to restore the items to their original source.
Preferred Citation: Collection title including series, box, and folder numbers, Boynton Beach City Library
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Historical Note: Ella Harper (1896-1984) was born in Brevard County, Florida, and moved to Boynton Beach in 1901 with her parents, Franklin Pierce Harper (1853-1920) and Sophronia Taylor Harper (1857-1930) and nine sisters and one brother. She was the first Boynton student to graduate high school at a West Palm Beach High School in 1914. She married Oather Earl Messer in 1918 and moved to West Palm in 1919 and raised seven children.
Scope and Content Note: Family photographs taken in the Boynton Beach area, chiefly circa 1915-1918. Includes group portraits and candids of friends and family in early Boynton Beach, Florida.
Collection available for viewing online at FIU's Digital Collections Center, search on "A0081" and on Flickr
Processing Information: Collection processed 2017 / sms
Date of Finding Aid: June 2019 / gc
CONTAINER LIST
A0081-L-001 Ella Harper and friend, c. 1917
A0081-L-002 Group of boys and men in bathing suits, c. 1917
A0081-L-003a Boynton School, 1913
A0081-L-003b Boynton's early schoolhouse, c. 1905
A0081-L-004 Harper women, 1910
A0081-p02-002 Franklin Pierce Harper, c. 1917
A0081-p02-003 Harper family on the beach, c. 1915
A0081-p02-004 Florence and Marian on the beach, c. 1913
A0081-p02-005 Harper family outing, c. 1915
A0081-p02-006 Harper family outing, c. 1915
A0081-p03-001 Three Harper women, c. 1917
A0081-p03-002 Harrell Building, c. 1920
A0081-p03-003 Harper and McKay families, c. 1916
A0081-p03-004 Sophronia Harper, c. 1917
A0081-p03-005 Stella Harper and baby, 1918
A0081-p04-001 Edith and Edna Lesher, smoking pipes, c. 1918
A0081-p04-003 Stella McKay in her car, c. 1918
A0081-p05-002 Franklin Pierce with his cows, c. 1918
A0081-p05-003 Ella, Stella, and Bessie, c. 1917
A0081-p07-003 Boynton Campfire Girls Camp Trip, 1915
A0081-p09-008 The Merry Dancers, Lake Worth, Florida, 1913
A0081-p12-001 Young Joe Pence, c. 1914
A0081-p13-001 Four children, 1908
A0081-p14-001 Group of young women on the beach, c. 1915
A0081-p14-003 Pence family, c. 1913
A0081-p15-002 Pineapple field at Boynton, c. 1915
A0081-p17-001 Charles Pence in front of orange tree, c. 1915
A0081-p17-002 Girl with "I'm Single, Are You" flag, c. 1918
A0081-p17-004 Camping meal, 1916
A0081-p18-001 Ella Virginia Harper Messer, c. 1917
