Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

Name/Title

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

Entry/Object ID

N.6.97.68

Description

Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: twelve young adults picnicking in the woods; shown eating; food and dishes spread out on the blankets in the grass where they sit; carriage in background. Courthouse Park Picnickers. A group of young people, nine women and three men having a picnic at Courthouse Park, sitting on the grass, the horse-less carriage wagon is parked in background; all unidentified.

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