H. H. Suddeth, Tintype

Photograph

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

H. H. Suddeth, Tintype

Entry/Object ID

LU49

Description

H. H. Suddeth. Material: metal. Size: 6 1/4" x 8 1/2", The image portrays a sepia-toned portrait of an older man with a distinguished appearance, dressed in a formal dark suit with a well-groomed, full beard, and resting his arm on a surface decorated with fringed fabric; the style of the photograph suggests that it originates from the late 19th or early 20th century, capturing an era when photography was hand-tinted portrait tintype.

Context

H. H. Suddeth, was an early Waseca druggist; he and partner S. H. Preston purchased the Middaugh & Tarbell Drug Store in 1878. This same drug store eventually became Stucky's Drug Store in 1915.

Cataloged By

Pfen

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1880

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, Tintype

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

September 20, 2002

Update Date

October 16, 2025