A 5"x7" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of George and Sarah Hahn, Octavia, Nebraska. George is wearing a mustache, dark three-piece suit, a watch chain and medallion draped from the vest buttonhole, white shirt with stiff collar and dark bow tie. Sarah is wearing dark skirt and white long-sleeve blouse with pleated bodice front, stand collar with dark trim at the top overlaid with white lace, a watch chain around her neck.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00076250000
Source
Original format: 5"x7" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
George Hahn was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1842, the son of George and Elizabeth Hahn. At nineteen years of age he enlisted in Company K, Eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry of the Union army in September, 1861. He participated in many of the most important engagements of the war and was mustered out on May 9, 1866. He married Sarah Krahl, in Louisa County, Iowa, February, 1867. They moved to Linwood Township, Butler County, Nebraska, in September, 1871, bringing with them six cows and three horses. They homesteaded on 160 acres of land and erected the first frame house in that part of the county. They were the parents of seven children, and George was recognized as one of the leading farmers of Butler County.
