N.6.97.22

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

1901

Mary Smith Residence on 8th Street, Waseca. Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: large, three-storied house, roofed veranda wraps around first story, veranda with with railing wraps around second story, one corner is rounded; identified as Mary Smith's house on the corner of 8th Street N.E. & 3rd Avenue N.E. in Waseca. 801 3rd Avenue N.E.

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.