Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

73.81.1

Description

Berton Hansen. 2" x 2 3/4" black and white oval photograph of a boy identified on the back as Berton Howard Hansen. Oval photo on gray mat. Berton Howard Hansen posed beside a Windsor style wooden kitchen chair with a butter tub on the chair. Berton is holding a glass tube that was used to test butter. Berton is 2 years, 10 months and 7 days in photograph.

Context

Notes on donor card: Subject is donor's husband. His father, Hans Hansen, was buttermaker at the Palmer Creamery north of Waseca when photo was taken. Notation on back: Born Aug. 26, 1899. The tub in the photo is a butter tub that was used to pack butter into, the glass tube is a butter tester.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Made/Created

Date made

Jun 27, 1902

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

June 1, 1999

Update Date

November 21, 2024