Father and Daughter, 1940

Photograph

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Tontitown Historical Museum

Name/Title

Father and Daughter, 1940

Entry/Object ID

TMA-2008-58-123

Description

b/w repro; full-length photo; outdoors; young man wearing trousers, but no shirt standing on one leg while holding baby on raised knee; wood pile, barrels, front porch of rustic one-story house, chair on porch in background

Photograph Details

Subject

Man: Virgil Bersi Baby: Dorothy Bersi Kever

Subject Person or Organization

Virgil Bersi (1907 - 1993), Dorothy Bersi Kever (1940- )

Subject Place

City

Tontitown

County

Washington County

State/Province

Arkansas

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Residence

Virgil and Gemma Bersi Home

Context

father & daughter, building in background; Gemma & Virgil lived with his mother, Rosa Bersi; when her house burned down they lived in a chicken house made over; insulated with cardboard, covered with wallpaper; kitchen, 1 bedroom; rain barrel was for wash water, Virgil made shower out of gas tank from Model T, suspended from ceiling with enema hose & sprinkler tip, ladder outside; heated water; put in container with drain at bottom; had cistern w/ladder (stored & aged cheese there--also watermelon & homemade salami & salcicci (link sausages)

Collection

Dorothy Bersi Kever Collection

Category

digital print
Graphic Documents, Documentary Objects, 08: Communication Objects

Update Date

September 2, 2026