Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1956.244.0037Description
Black & white print. Snapshot. Image of a large group of men & women at a picnic. Posed sitting & standing with plates of food in a meadow. Thick trees in background. Food laid out in coolers & long cloth in foreground.
Numbers in blue ink written on emulsion to identify people. Tied to key on back.
Embossed in lower right corner: "H. J. Rosner Photo."
Written on back [blue ink]: "Mrs. Espy's picnic at the Platte River. Mother Espy as she was called ran a boarding house in Rawlins for many years. These are her borders". 1. [blank] 2. Tom Ready 3. Jack Ryan 4. Geo Dunn 5. Gale Finley 6. Lillian McCracken 7. Tom Parks 8. [blank] 9. [blank] 10. Art Anderson 11. Darris Waeckerlin 12. Mrs. Jack Waeckerlin 13. Grace Major France 14. Virginia France 15. Catherine France 16. [blank] 17. Archie Campbell 18. [blank] 19. [blank] 20. Mike Hagan 21. Hazel Magor [crossed out] 22. [blank] 23. Hazel Anderson Magor 24. Mrs. Espy's sister 25. Norris France 26. Harry Hansen 27. Rich Magor 28. Mrs. Espy (mother) 29. Bill Hooper (Druggist-[)]"
"Comp at A. L. C." "Social 9" [red pencil] "Page 74, pix 3 1 38 x 3 1/2" [pencil] "58%".
Black paper residue on back -puckering emulsion at center. Ink on emulsion. Emulsion crazed at lower right edge; cracked at center top. Slight corner damage. Silvering in dark areas.Collection
Photograph Collection