N.6.97.68
Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate
1908
Picnickers at Courthouse Park. Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: twelve young adults picnicking in the woods; food and dishes spread out on the blankets in the grass where they sit; horseless carriage in background.
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.