Nancy H. Phelps. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 7 3/4". Description: black and white photograph of Nancy H. Phelps in carriage driving a team of two horses; Nancy wearing black coat and hat (See accession 61.17.2); photograph taken by the Helms residence in Waseca; bottom right corner is broken; photograph caption: "Nancy H. Phelps taken by Helms residence Wascea, what is now Lake Avenue, in fall of...".
Black coat worn by Nancy H. Phelps Henderson. Possibly a widow's weeds, a term used in 19th-century America, mostly during the Victorian period. Nancy H. Phelps was born in St. Mary Township, Waseca County in 1868.
