Name/Title
Mary Ann Miller & FawnsEntry/Object ID
58.22Description
Oversize Photograph of Mary Alice Miller (Hagge) with Fawns. Material: paper, wood, glass, metal. Size: 41" x 62". Description: black and white photo of 18 month old girl; she is crying as she experiences a baby fawn nuzzling her ear; photo framed and ready for hanging. A quote from one of the newspapers where the photo appeared: "Mary Alice Miller, 18 months old and very brave, started to feed a graham cracker to a fawn that wandered into Grand Rapids, Minnesota, from a nearby woods. The animal nuzzled her as a gesture of thanks, but Mary Alice interpreted it differently. She didn't like it one bit!"Context
Photo taken by a Grand Rapids, Minnesota newspaper reporter of two fawns who began visiting the Grand Rapids University of Minnesota Agriculture Experiment Station in 1948 where Mary Alice's father, Dr. Kenneth Miller was employed. The reporter won several awards with this picture; it hit the Associated Press and was published around the world including Stars & Stripes, Chicago Tribune, Kansas City Star and other magazine an periodicals. The large picture hung for many years on the wall of the reporter's office in Grand Rapids until his retirement when he sent the picture to Mary Alice's parents in Waseca. See Miller Family file for more information.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Print, PhotographicCreate Date
January 31, 2023Update Date
March 23, 2026