N.6.97.89
Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate
1900
Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: toddler in a dark dress identified as Sterling Hawkes steadies himself beside a rocking chair as he stands on a doorstep; hat lying on chair; a man stands off to one side; steps and tree in foreground.
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.