Monday, November 01, 2010

Leo Beachy a Legend in Photography 1874 -1927


The annual fundraiser dinner for the Grantsville Community Museum was held Oct. 16 at the Grantsville Senior Center.
The museum now has 11 black and white reproductions of Leo Beachy postcards available for sale to the public in various sizes. Orders can be made at the museum or an order sheet can be sent by contacting Gerry Beachy at gbeachy@verizon.net. A DVD, “Leo Beachy’s Legacy” made by WQED Public TV in Pittsburgh is also available for sale. The TV station is now making a follow-up to the original production that will be shown in January. Special tours are available by calling the museum at 301-895-5454, Maxine Broadwater at 301-895-5124, museum curator Earleena Tressler at 301-895-5314 or Sue Beachy at 301-895-5387. Click for the article and information in the Daily American, Somerset County's Newspaper, Monday November 1, 2010. Picture is of The Leo Beachy Room at the Grantsville Museum