N.6.97.120
Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate
1900
Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: Samuel Hawkes sitting in a rocking chair holding baby Samuel Sterling; Charles Hawkes sits in a straight chair next to them; both men wear three-piece suits, ties and bowler hats.
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.