N.6.97.49

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

1900

EACO Flour Mill and Loon Lake. Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: EACO Flour Mill and the railroad trestle across the east end of Loon Lake, all perfectly reflected in the lake water. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. M & St. L Railroad. Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. C & NW Railroad. Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad. DM & E Railroad.

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.