1870 Mary Bruce CDV-Indiana State Normal School Teacher-Terre Haute IN

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Teacher Mary A. Bruce 1870's CDV Photo Terre Haute Indiana
ISNS Terre Haute Indiana teacher

On front: "Mary Bruce" is handwritten in old light purple dip pen ink on front under her image. Photo Type: CDV Carte de Visite Photograph. Photographer: D.H. Wright, 115 1/2 Main St., Terre Haute, Indiana, Vigo County. (known to be photographer David Hunter Wright 1835-1908. He started his studio in 1863, and is known to have also worked in Evansville IN with George C. Holloway and as “Wright & Prescott” in Terre Haute. He worked 45 years in the Terre haute area. He is buried in Berrien County, Michigan)

Found in Public Genealogy Records:
MARY A BRUCE taught at the Indiana State Normal School, which ran from 1870-1922. She was born in Aurora, DuPage, Illinois, USA. Luckily, we found this exact photo fascimile in ancestry on an ISNS yearbook entry. She sadly died in 1879 about the age of 31.

Found in Public Genealogy Records:
Miss Mary A Bruce
Residence Year: 1878
Street Address: 602 Eagle
Residence Place: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Occupation: Teacher
Publication Title: Terre Haute Directory 1878-79

MS Mary Bruce
Yearbook School: Indiana State Normal School
School Location: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Name: Mary Bruce
Age in 1870: 22
Birth Date: abt 1848
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1870: Terre Haute Ward 1, Vigo, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Terre Haute
Occupation: Teacher
Household Members Age
John Scott 77
Margaret Scott 61
Nathaniel E Scott 22
Charles Bodnnan 28
Anna E Bodnnan 27
Julia Durham 12
Ellen Boler 21
Henry Torble 17
Ruth Morris 23
Mary Bruce 22

This photo was found in Onondaga County NY. Mary went to teacher's college in Oswego, NY. A beautiful piece, we will info found online when you buy a scan.

This website URL has a great synopsis of her life:
http://baby.indstate.edu/phialphatheta/Early%20Women.htm

A beautiful CDV photo and documented piece of Indiana history. It is sad that Mary died so young.

Size: 2.5 x 4 inches
      Note: The original is sold, but you may still purchase large, detailed and intimate 300 dpi high resolution scans of front and back, sent immediately via email. Please check our site carefully, as many may be related to each other that we are unaware of. Click scan to place in your cart. Thank you, enjoy! ~debra (please also join me at Ancestorville Genealogy on facebook. contact info on top bar)