Adam and Mary Bishman

Photograph

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Adam and Mary Bishman

Entry/Object ID

320g

Description

Bishman family photo. Size: 5 1/2" x 4". Description: cabinet card image of a man with a white "fringe" beard along his jaw and chin; he is posed seated on an upholstered chair; his wife stands beside him. Photo on cardboard mount identifying photographer, Yates Sisters, Waseca, Minn.

Context

From Mary Bishman Krassin album; donated by Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bishman, Otisco settlers of 1856. Note from WCHS member: Joanne Hintz: "Chuck Lucas identifies this couple as 'Grandma Meyers' sister and husband'; Mary Bishman Krassin's husband Gust had five sisters: Wilhelmine (Manthey); Augusta (Meyers); Henrietta (Krassin); Amelia (Rudolph) and Emma (Pommerening)."

Cataloged By

Pfen

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Photographic, Photograph, Cabinet

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Create Date

March 6, 2000

Update Date

July 17, 2025