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Title |
Madessa, Lionel and Thomas Wolfe, Jr. |
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Description |
A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full-figure portrait photograph of Madessa Wolfe, David City, Nebraska, with her two children, Lionel and Thomas Jr. The three are seated on a backless divan in front of an ornate, painted backdrop. Medessa is wearing a floor-length dark dress with ruffle trim at the hem and bodice, with long see-through horizontal-striped sleeves. Her hair is pulled up and secured atop her head. Lionel is wearing a white, sailor-collared suit with short pants and white hose. Thomas Jr. is wearing a white short-sleeved dress. |
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Creator |
Boston, Harvey L., 1871-1927 |
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Publisher |
Boston Studio Project |
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Date |
1902-07-14 |
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Type |
Image |
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Subject |
Wolfe, Madessa, b. 1868
Wolfe, Lionel, 1898-1904
Wolfe, Thomas, 1902-1984
Portrait photographs
Glass negatives |
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Owning Institution |
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project |
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Local Accession Number |
00043670000 |
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Source |
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection. |
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Historical Notes |
Madessa Guist was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in September 1868. She married Thomas Wolfe in 1896 in Buffalo, New York, and moved to his home in David City, Nebraska, where Thomas was president of the First National Bank. They had three children: Lionel, Thomas and Madessa. Lionel Wolfe was born in Nebraska in 1898 and died in 1904 at the age of six. Thomas Wolfe, Jr., was born June 12, 1901, in David City, Nebraska. He graduated from David City High School, St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin, and Northwestern University, where he specialized in Military Science and Tactics and taught air transport economics for seven years. He married Ethel Ashby April 16, 1925, and they moved to Pasadena, California. Thomas became vice-president of Pacific-Alaska Division of Pan American World Airways in San Francisco, and established and flew the first commercial around-the-world air service. He established Wolfe Enterprises, an aviation consulting firm for government agencies, university and aerospace industries. Thomas Wolfe, Jr., served as Assistant Secretary of Defense 1956-1957. Besides receiving many aviation awards, he was a football letterman for three years at Northwestern and was a competitive horseman. He died July 30, 1984, in Los Angeles, California. |
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Relation |
Boston Studio Negative collection: http://www.butlercountygallery.com |
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Ordering and Use |
http://www.memories.ne.gov/rights/hruska.html |
