N.6.97.75

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

1901

Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: toddler boy in a dark dress identified as Sterling Hawkes, sitting in a rocking chair outdoors, hands outstretched - trees and bird in background - setting may be Clear Lake or the Evergreen Stock Farm in Woodville Township, Waseca County.

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.