Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

Entry/Object ID

N.6.97.118

Description

Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: two girls in dark dresses sit on the grass near a house; the older girl wears a hair bow and holds a doll in her lap; identified as Carol (age 3) and Mildred (age 1), daughters of Allen and Cora (Cummings) Hawkes.

Context

Lloyd Peterson was an electrician. The glass-plate negatives came into Peterson's possession from his wife's cousin, Gertrude Lewer whose father was August Frisk. Frisk lived next to Charles Hawkes and did handy work for him. The negatives probably belonged to the Hawkes family.

Cataloged By

pauline

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

March 3, 1997

Update Date

November 21, 2024