Louisa Carlsen Mashburn circa 1892.

Louisa Carlsen?

Louisa Carlsen?

Name/Title

Louisa Carlsen Mashburn circa 1892.

Entry/Object ID

2007.15.18

Description

Cabinet card bust portrait of a young woman who may be Louisa Carlsen Mashburn circa 1892. From Grossman & Owings studio in Spokane, Wash. 6.5 x 4.25 Louisa J. Carlson had been born in Cuppleburg, Sweden on December 12, 1870. She had left her native land to be near her sister, Augusta, who had emigrated here several years previously and married August Johnson. Both young women were superb cooks, and it was in this capacity Louisa was employed. Phillip Mashburn arriving in Spokane Falls he found employment delivering dairy products in the city for Hazelwood Dairy. His route covered a wide area of the residential section. He met his future wife, Louisa, while delivering milk to the home of a wealthy family who lived in Browne’s Addition a few doors from the Patsy Clark home. Times were changing rapidly after the turn of the century. The automobile was coming into its own with farm families following the trend. The Mashburns were among the first families in that vicinity to buy one of those new inventions. Phillip was a bit wary of the noisy contraption and left the driving to Roy or Mabel – much to their delight.

Acquisition

Accession

2007.15

Source or Donor

Bloomfield, Rosemary

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Mashburn Family

Made/Created

Studio

Grosman & Owings

Date made

1890 - 1894

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Clothing & dress, Portraits, Hairstyles, Women

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Mashburn, Louisa J. Carlsen