A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full figure portrait photograph of Margaret Demuth, David City, Nebraska. She is wearing a white, floor-length dress with belted waist, horizontal tucks and gathers on the skirt, across the bodice and sleeve cap, ruffle trim on the stand collar, a brooch attached to the front of the collar, a corsage pinned to her bodice, a long chain necklace about her neck and a ring on her finger. Her hair is swept up into an elegant coiffure with a black bow in back. She is seated in a wooden chair.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00090070000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Margaret was born June 24, 1884, to Peter and Regina Moes Demuth. She died February 20, 1910, and is buried in Presentation/St. Peter's Cemetery, Bellwood, Nebraska. Peter Demuth immigrated with his four brothers from Luxemburg to rural Butler County, Nebraska, in 1868.
