Harpster, Clark, Cottage Gallery Photo of Boy in Military Uniform, c. 1900

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Clark Harpster in Military School Uniform, Cottage Studio Portra

Name/Title

Harpster, Clark, Cottage Gallery Photo of Boy in Military Uniform, c. 1900

Entry/Object ID

P2017.2.82

Description

Harpster, Clark, Cottage Gallery Photo of Boy in Military Uniform, c. 1900. Sepia. Boy about age 12 in light colored (gray?) plain military uniform, with jacket buttoned-fully, wearing a military cap. Full view. He is standing in front of a backdrop with flowered pillar. Handwritten note attached to photocopy of this photo: "Clark Harpster, gambler, killed in the Ballinger Building, SW corner of 7th & Edmond. Robbers entered the building an tried to rob Harpster. Harpster was killed. --Whose father. Carl Pettigrew that it was 1920's." (According to www.findagrave, Clark, bornin 1878, died May 25, 1933 and is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, MO) Cottage Gallery, Cor. Sixth and Charles Street, St. Joseph, MO. stamped in green below photo on mat.

Collection

Marshall & Melanie White

Made/Created

Studio

Cottage Gallery

Date made

1900

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

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

St. Joseph Photographers, Cottage Gallery Photographers

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 3¾" x 5½" .on cardboard mat, 4¼" x 6½"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 10, 2016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Clark Harpster

Provenance

Notes

Photos collected by donor from purchases at various flea markets and estate sales.