N.6.97.136
Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate
1901 Approximate
Material: glass. Size: 4" W. x 5" L. x 1/16" D. Description: glass plate image: baby identified as Sterling Hawkes sits on a doorstep beside a carpet sweeper - door, house and growing tomatoes in background.
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.