Elaine Schwenke

Name/Title

Elaine Schwenke

Entry/Object ID

17.03.16

Description

Material: paper. Size: 2 3/8" x 4". In a vintage black and white photograph, a woman dressed in a crisp white uniform with a cap stands outdoors, holding a pie with a lattice crust, as she presents the baked creation, against the backdrop of a textured cement wall.

Context

Elaine Schwenke, the cherry pie baking winner at the Home Economics Achievement Day on July 27, 1939 in Waseca; a 4-H Club competition held at the high school in Waseca, Minn. Photographs attached to 17.03 are from the 1936-1940 4-H scrapbook documenting the activities and people of the Waseca County 4-H Clubs, including the Woodville Hustlers, the Palmer Sunbeams, Waldorf Peppy Peppers. There are photos at the Minnesota State Fair and the Waseca County Fair showing all kinds of competitions, demonstrations of home and farm learning of skills.

Cataloged By

Pfen

Made/Created

Date made

Jul 27, 1939

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

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

May 1, 2006

Update Date

May 21, 2025