43.05

Print, Photographic

1901 Approximate

7 1/2" x 4 1/2" black and white photograph, mounted on cropped matboard, of the Emmons Smith family, children, parents and other unidentified extended family members; a horse and carriage is parked at left side; posing in front of their two-story, white clapboard house; Emmons Smith Sr. was the owner or proprietor of the Commercial House Hotel or Commercial Hotel, Waseca, Minn., circa 1901.

This donation was made by the great-grandson of Emmons Smith, Sr. and provided this family information: Emmons Smith, Sr. was a Waseca Co. Commissioner and once owned the Waverly Hotel on S. State at 2nd Ave. S.E.; married Catherine (Kate) O'Brian; his five children - William Dennis Smith (b. Feb 16, 1883, d. May 3, 1916, m. Phoebe Lortis, 1903), Emmons H. Smith, Jr. (b. Sept 4, 1884), Edna Mae Smith (b. Nov 27, 1885, m. Harry A. Fowler, 1905), Margaret Mary Smith aka Babe, b. July 27, 1889, m. D. C. Steele, 1909), Earle James Smith (b. Oct 29, 1901, m. Gretchen Heath, 1922). Waseca business: Commercial Hotel.