Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

Name/Title

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

Entry/Object ID

N.6.97.129

Description

Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: mustached man dressed in a three-piece suit and bow tie and identified as Charles Hawkes - boy wearing knickers and long sleeved shirt and identified as Charles' son, Sterling - both sit astride saddled horses - trees in background - setting may be the Evergreen Stock Farm in Woodville Township, Waseca County.

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

Fair

Create Date

March 4, 1997

Update Date

November 21, 2024