Under construction. This web site has to be updated to meet current University standards. Come back later to see the material that I have had to temporarily take down. Sorry. fkleinha at IU dot edu.
Robesonia was an iron works in eastern Pennsylvania. (History 1, History 2). Seely Benedict Patterson was Superintendent of the Blast Furnace at Robesonia from 1905 to 1917. This photo album records Patterson family activity at Robesonia during this period. To the lore in the album, I can add the fact that my mother, Sylvia Hunsicker (Kleinhans) and grand daughter of Seely Patterson, was born at Robesonia in the summer of 1913.
This photo album was created by Belle McKinnon (Patterson) and her daughter Jean Patterson (Earley). It made its way to Eleanor Carty (Wilson) (Kessler), daughter of Hannah Hunsicker (Carty), in turn daughter of Eleanor Patterson (Hunsicker). The album was scanned by Bob Stevens, son of Helen Patterson (Stevens), in turn daughter of Russell Patterson. Web posting by Fritz Kleinhans, son of Sylvia Hunsicker (Kleinhans), daughter of Eleanor Patterson (Hunsicker).
I surmise that the photos may have been taken by George Hunsicker, husband of Eleanor Patterson Hunsicker and featuring her (see note on one photo). Thus we have fewer pictures of him. It is fitting that this album has ended up with Eleanor Carty (Kessler) as she is the first born grand daughter of EPH and named in honor of her.
See the family tree. This family tree includes the 'nick names' as used in the following photo album.
(Fake picture of our photo album, used without permission via Google Images. The rest is real!)
The album is shown page by page. If you click on a page, an enlargement of the photo on that page will pop up. These are BIG, so that prints can be made. If you are thinking of making a large print, let me know, and I can do some additional clean up of the picture. You may note that I have already done some repair work on the large images. I removed most of the tan tint, but left some for that 'old time' feel. To get clean black and white, just convert the images to 8 bit B&W. For the technically minded, notice that the children are often blurry. Film was slow in the 'old' days and everyone had to sit very still; harder for the young ones. Finally, I am sure there are untold numbers of errors or omissions on this web site. Please let me know so that I can correct them. (fritztwo@earthlink.net).
Pictures coming back in 2024.
(IUI) 2024