2.01.21
Print, Photographic, Photograph, Cabinet
1890 Approximate
G. E. Knutson Family. 3 1/2" x 3 1/4" portrait photograph of the G. E. Knutson family shown gathered outdoors on a wooden porch of a white clapboard house; L-R, a little girl about 4 years old dressed in white cape, the father in dark coat, vest, brimmed hat, mustache; then a little girl about 6 years old wearing dark long stockings, white dress and straw hat; a little boy about 7 years old sitting, wearing knickers, tights, jacket and brimmed hat; the mother wears a plaid dress, hair pulled straight back, holding a baby about 1 1/2 years old. Photographer unknown; photo is damaged at corners and right side, mounted on medium gray embossed matboard, faded.
Donated by Dakota City Heritage Village, Farmington, MN 55024, (Dakota County); collection of 32 photographs were originally donated to them by Bob Curtis, a descendant of the Olson and Kinn families of Lakeville; and other unknown relatives in Waseca.