Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

Object/Artifact

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Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

Entry/Object ID

N.6.97.16

Description

Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: river bed with sloping banks and woods on either side, near Minneopa Falls in Minneopa State Park in South Bend Township in Blue Earth County; set of 2 negatives with N.6.97.15-16. Possibly mislabeled and might be a steep sandy cliff in Courthouse Park, Little LeSueur River. Photograph taken along the Little LeSueur River when the water was extremely shallow.

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

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

February 27, 1997

Update Date

November 21, 2024