A 4"x6" glass plate negative, portrait photograph of John and Laura Cram, of David City, Nebraska, with their daughter, Elsie Cram Green, and their sons, Edwin and Wilber. John is wearing a gray beard, black suit and white shirt with black knotted tie. Laura is wearing wire-rimmed glasses, black long-sleeve dress with tucked fabric yoke, softly gathered bodice, black ribbon belt and stiff, high-stand collar with brooch. Elsie is sitting between her parents wearing white print dress with softly pleated bodice, large scallop-edged collar over a white under blouse with narrow ruffle at the round neckline, a watch cord worn under the collar is tucked into the bodice front, her hair is worn twisted up in a knot on top of her head and secured with a black ribbon and small circular pin. Edwin is standing behind his mother, wearing a mustache, three-piece suit with side-closing wrap-over vest and dark shirt. Wilber is standing behind his father, wearing a mustache and three-piece suit with a watch chain hanging from his vest pocket.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00038820000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
John Cram was born 7-16-1821. He married Laura Maria Cooley, who was born 2-14-1827. They are photographed with their three children: Edwin Alfred (born 8-25-1849 in Crown Point, New York; died 4-18-1926 in David City, Nebraska), Wilber Irvin (born 8-18-1846) and Elsie Amelia (born 9-21-1863). Elsie Amelia Cram later married Charles Fremont Green.
