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May 11, 2012  

Reed Brothers Can Now Be Found On Montgomery County Historical Society’s Website

The Montgomery County Historical Society (Maryland) has just added a new page to the History & Resources section of their website, entitled “Other Local History on the Web“. Reed Brothers would like to acknowledge with much appreciation, the Montgomery County Historical Society for placing a link to our history blog on their new page, so we may now be able to preserve and share our heritage with future generations.

You can find us here: Other Local History on the Web

Also, please take some time to explore the official blog of the Montgomery County Historical Society. Their artifacts blog, “A Fine Collection” contains an incredibly wide variety of objects representing 300-some years of Montgomery County.

May 10, 2012  

Glass Plate Negatives Donation

Print made from a Lewis Reed glass negative, showing the Reed Brothers dealership in 1922.

The following is an excerpt taken from the Summer 2011 edition of the Montgomery County Historical Society Newsletter.

“The Sween Library was recently given a collection of 280 glass plate negatives, showing Montgomery County in the early 20th century. Lewis Reed was a well-known photographer in the county as well as owner (along with his brother Edgar) of Reed Brothers, the Rockville automobile dealership. The collection was donated to the Society by Mr. Reed’s daughter, Mary Jane Reed Gartner.

There are scenes of different areas of the county, buildings, events such as the county fair, and local people. These are a welcomed addition to our growing graphics collection.”