W. A. Kelsey - Perkins St., 1891
MakerMade by
H. Wales Lines Company
(American, 1864 - 1983)
Date1891
MediumPhotography; albumen on paper in cardboard album covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/4 x 9 1/4in. (18.4 x 23.5cm)
Other (overall height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Object number2015.149.1.11
DescriptionPhotograph of a storefront in Meriden, CT. A sign in the window is advertising the building is for rent by W. A. Kelsey. Dirt roads. Located on a corner, possibly on a hill.
NotesFrom: Find A GraveWilliam Andrews Kelsey (1851-1932)
"Founder of the Kelsey Press, later called the Kelsey Company. His popular hand-printing press was sold until the 1990s. He was also president of the Republican Publishing Company of Meriden, CT. He was educated at Cheshire Military Academy and the Suffield Academy. He began his career in 1871, as editor of the American Sportsman, a house organ of the Parker Gun Company. He erected the first apartment house in Meriden on Crown Street. His first house in Meriden was an elaborate property on Pleasant Street, which was later moved to North Broad Street. His next house was on the corner of Broad and E. Main St., it was later sold to Francis Atwater. He moved to Washington, D.C. fifteen years before he died, but he continued to visit Meriden to attend to business interests. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and the First Baptist Church. Death was due to injuries he suffered when he was hit by an automobile on 12 December 1931.
He was the son of Ephraim Armstrong Kelsey and Catherine Jeanette Andrews. In 1876, he married Kate Patchen, after her death in 1904, he married Maude Zollikoffer who survived him. Also survived by sons, Dr. Mark Kelsey, of California and Carleton Kelsey, of Philadelphia."
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