N.6.97.94

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

1900

Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: baby leans on a man lying on a doorstep; woman sitting beside them with back to camera; the couple are holding an object over baby's head to get his attention; identified as Charles and Allie Hawkes and their son, Sterling, age 6 months.

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.