A (colorized) photograph of John Finley Morse Schminky (1872-1960) and Carrie Louisa [Maurer] Schminky (1874-1962) on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1940. The couple lived in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
John F. M. Schminky was a farmer. Mrs. Schminky was the daughter of one of the oldest living Civil War veterans in 1940 in the Lykens Valley area. She was born in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
The location of the celebration of the couple’s 50th Anniversary cannot be told from the photograph, which was taken by the Wingard Studio of Millersburg, Dauphin County.
The “rubber wheeled buggy” was said to be owned by Oscar Tobias.
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