The gallery·1880
The Geeseking farm in Washington Township
Leaf 308. This plate carries no printed page number.
What the sheet says
The caption, exactly as the sheet prints it:
The old Homemestead of Dedrick Geeseking. / PRESENT RES. F.W. GEESEKING, WASHINGTON TP., ALLEN COUNTY, IND.
The caption is set as the sheet prints it. "Homemestead" is the engraver’s error and "Dedrick" in the first line is spelled "Dedrich" in the second, both left as printed.
What it is
Lithograph. This is a subscription plate: the subject paid to appear in the book.
Named on it
- Dedrich Geeseking
- F. W. Geeseking
Where it comes from
History of Allen County, Indiana, 1880, Kingman Brothers, Chicago, leaf n308. Public domain. Published before 1929, so out of copyright in the United States. Internet Archive. Scanned by the Internet Archive from the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center copy.
Leaf n308, cropped to the plate’s ruled border from (52,72), 4037 by 2480. A double page plate, so the sheet is wider than it is tall. Served at 4037 by 2480.