N.6.97.78

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

1907

Glass Plate Negative Image of Sterling Hawkes. Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: boy wearing white shorts, dark shirt, white cap, identified as Sterling Hawkes, age 7, standing knee deep and holding a stick in Clear Lake, south of Maplewood Park in Waseca, E.A.Co. Mill in the far distance. EACO Mill.

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.