N.6.97.65

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

1900

Ward Residence. Elm Avenue Residence. Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: three-story Ward House in Waseca (804 East Elm Avenue); front porch with two-story pillars, screened eastern side porch, west side horseshoe driveway, carriage house in back, sidewalk.

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.