N.6.97.69
Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate
1898
Allen Hawkes. Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: Allen Hawkes sitting near a book-filled secretary desk; potted plant on stand; piano; window with shade pulled; Christmas decorations around room.
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.