Download or read book Ambrose-Zimmerman Family Papers and Photographs written by Zimmerman family and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ambrose-Zimmerman Family papers and photographs contains legal papers and photographs of the Ambrose, Hoffman, and Zimmerman families who lived in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in the late 19th century. The photographs are mainly snapshots annotated by Nell Zimmerman Moore, daughter of Joseph J. Zimmerman. Two folders of family papers consist of property indentures and deeds, last wills and testaments, life insurance policies, and letters concerning the estate of John Jacob Hoffman, whose daughter was Alice Jane Hoffman. One folder of unannotated photographs are mainly portraits taken in Beaver County of unknown people. The collection also includes photographs of the James Henry Ambrose glass factory and the patent he submitted in 1931 for an improvement in the manufacturing of footed glassware, which was approved two years later. A pamphlet from the Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine contained in the collection provides the history of the Henry C. Fry Glass Company.