N.6.97.126

Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate

1901

Baby Sterling Hawkes with Large Dog on Porch. Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: baby boy with curly hair and wearing a dark dress and shoes, identified as Sterling Hawkes, age one; big dog sits next to baby on porch.

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.