A 4"x6" glass plate negative, bust-portrait photograph of Thomas Wolfe, entrepreneur and president of the First National Bank, David City, Nebraska, for 50 years. The man is wearing a 3-piece suit with white shirt and bow tie.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00041780001
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Thomas Wolfe was born in Germany, May 18, 1847, and immigrated to Wisconsin with his parents in 1852. At ten years of age he began working for the local newspaper, serving as a printer. He later moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he was on the staff of the Tribune and Journal. He then moved to New York where he worked for the Evening Post and Tribune. He moved to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1864 where he worked on the Republican, Herald, Tribune and Bee, and served as president of the Omaha Typographical Union for several years. In 1874, he moved to Seward, Nebraska, where he published the Nebraska Reporter. He moved to David City, Nebraska, in 1877 and became president of the Butler County Bank; a position he continued to hold after it became the First National Bank. He served as president of the Nebraska Press Association 1879-1880 and represented Seward County in the legislature from 1887-1888. In 1893, he established the David City Public Library and served as president and treasurer of the Butler County Agricultural Society. In 1896, he married Miss M. Madessa Guist of Titusville, Pennsylvania.
