N.6.97.6

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

1898

People Eating Watermelon in Owatonna Woods. Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: groups of men & women eating watermelon in Owatonna (possibly Kaplan Wood) in Steele County; identified as Harvey Parker, Ida Parker, Mr. Miller, Lucian Clement, Miss Morten, Miss Fulmont, Adelaid Claghorn, Bessie Parmelee & Miss Hawkes; set of 3 negatives with N.6.97.6; N.6.97.7; N.6.97.8.

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.