N.6.97.114

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

1908

Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: boy wearing light colored knickers, dark long-sleeved striped shirt, bow tie and boots sitting cross-legged on grass, one hand on a dog, trees in background - identified as Sterling Hawkes (b. 1900) son of Charles & Alice (Allie) Hawkes.

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.