A 4"x6" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Michael and Anna Meysenburg Demuth, David City, Nebraska. Michael, with gray mustache and beard is wearing a black suit, white shirt and black bow tie. Anna is wearing a dark dress of damask satin with split bodice, gathered long-sleeve under blouse of plain dark satin with softly folded high-stand collar, brooch and earrings.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00028750001
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Michael Demuth was born October 7, 1842, in Sandweiler, Luxemburg. Anna Meysenburg was born May 7, 1846, also in Sandweiler, Luxemburg. They both came to the United States in 1868 and married February 4, 1868, in Cascade, Iowa. They moved to Butler County, Nebraska, in February, 1870, homesteading in Bone Creek township near what became known as the Luxemburg settlement because of the large number of immigrants from Luxemburg. Luxemburg consisted primarily of the Catholic church, Presentation Parish. Other families in the settlement included Michael's brother Jacob, Anna's brothers P.N. and John Meysenburg, and Anna's sister Mrs. Bernard (Mary) Schlentz.
