Name/Title
Preparing for picnic at Cedar LodgeEntry/Object ID
SHH 94.439Description
Black and white photo of four people, 2 male and 2 female, at a campfire. Male figure in dark pants and shirt at left bending over a campfire in front of him (back to camera) and a young woman to his right also bending over the campfire, wearing short sleeve print dress with white apron tied about waist, dark ankle socks and light shoes, dark long hair long to shoulders. An older woman standing to right wearing floral dress with long white apron tied around her, holding her hair back with left hand. At far right, man in dark clothes and hat with long pole or rake. Grassy area surrounds group, body of water beyond group with strip of land at horizon. Woman in flowery dress is Nellie Racey Koger, who was the Seiberling's cook at Stan Hywet Hall. Handwritten on back in ink "Help getting things/ ready for a picnic on/ the island/ Mick/ Mother - Nellie Koger/ Mildred? came along/ from house staff/ man bending down/ could have been Raymond/ Micks son/ 1942".Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Koger, Nellie RaceySubject Place
City
HesselState/Province
MichiganCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCollection
PERMANENT COLLECTIONCataloged By
VMSAcquisition
Accession
SHH 94.439Source or Donor
Rastetter, EleanorCredit Line
Gift of Eleanor RastetterMade/Created
Date made
1942Place
City
HesselState/Province
MichiganCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaNotes
Medium: silver gelatin developed out printDimensions
Height
2-1/2 inWidth
3-1/2 inCondition
Overall Condition
ExcellentGeneral Notes
Note
Modern print given to Stan Hywet by Eleanor Rastetter, Morgantown, W. Va., daughter of Nellie Koger, the Seiberling's cook, who traveled to Hessel with the Seiberling's in the summer of 1942 and was permitted to bring her two children with her, Eleanor and Jimmy. Eleanor celebrated her 13th birthday that summer in Hessel.Create Date
February 23, 1995Update Date
July 2, 2026
