N.6.97.88

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

1898

Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: house interior possibly arranged as a backdrop for wedding pictures; drapery, plants, tapestries; Allen Hawkes and Cora Cummings were married 28 Dec 1898; almost the exact same shot as N.6.97.87

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.