Ripon College Glee Club

Name/Title

Ripon College Glee Club

Entry/Object ID

2024.202.1

Description

Photograph of Ripon College Glee Club, featuring Edgar Zobel with trombone (1883-1969).

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print - silver bromide

Subject

Edgar Zobel, Ripon College Glee Club

Context

Donated by Charles Rusch who worked for Bluemke's in Rosendale and started the Bluemke (323 Watson) store in Ripon. Photograph was discovered in dumpster in 2016. Photo is believed to be of Ripon College Glee Club, c. 1906. The 1907 College year book is the first published, when Edgar Zobel was a senior. Activities listed next to Zobel's senior photo indicate involvement with the Glee Club in his Junior year. Edgar is holding trombone.

Collection

Photograph

Acquisition

Accession

2024.202

Source or Donor

Charles Rusch

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1906

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects