1.03.78x
Print, Photographic
1890 Approximate
Trowbridge Cottage, Maplewood Park. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph of a group of five people gathered in front of the Trowbridge cottage in Maplewood Park; the cottage is small but has two stories; several chairs, benches and a hammock are arranged in the yard; identified L-R: Dr. D. S. Cummings reading a newspaper, Martha/Mattie, his wife, resting in the hammock; Judith Trowbridge, Mrs. Cummings' grandmother, and Mrs. Trowbridge's two daughters, one is Mrs. Cummings' mother.
Found in collection with note written on torn inside cover, "1971, to Waseca County Historical Society, from Wm. G. Cummings; pictures taken by my father, Dr. Damon S. Cummings in the late 1890s; (signed) W. G. Cummings; photographs of members of the Ward family, Trowbridge family, Everett family, Watson family.