A 3"x4" glass plate negative, portrait photograph of Jennie Gates, David City, Nebraska, wearing wire-rimmed glasses, floor-length black dress with fitted waist and bodice, leg-o-mutton sleeves trimmed with fabric ruffle at the cuff and fabric wings extending over the sleeve cap, bodice slit to the waist with gathered, black satin insert with stand collar edged with fabric ruffle, sitting on a chair with her hands in her lap in front of a large, circular backdrop.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00027250001
Source
Original format: 3"x4" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Her husband, Gideon, worked in the Gates Bakery in David City, Nebraska, that his father, William, founded in 1876. Jennie and Gideon raised three children: Archie, Nadine and Lucile.
