Nancy Phelps Driving Carriage

Photograph

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Nancy Phelps Driving Carriage

Entry/Object ID

61.17.3

Description

Nancy H. Phelps. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 7 3/4". Description: black and white photograph of Nancy H. Phelps in carriage driving a team of two horses; Nancy wearing black coat and hat (See accession 61.17.2); photograph taken by the Helms residence in Waseca; bottom right corner is broken; photograph caption: "Nancy H. Phelps taken by Helms residence Wascea, what is now Lake Avenue, in fall of...".

Context

Black coat worn by Nancy H. Phelps Henderson. Possibly a widow's weeds, a term used in 19th-century America, mostly during the Victorian period. Nancy H. Phelps was born in St. Mary Township, Waseca County in 1868.

Cataloged By

amanda

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

December 1, 2017

Update Date

June 21, 2025