A 5"x7" acetate negative, bust portrait photograph of Sister Mary Irma Schlangal, N. D. She is wearing a nun's habit from the Notre Dame order, a black long-sleeve gown, white cape and hood with a black headpiece lined with white and wire-rimmed glasses.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00U09990000
Source
Original format: 5"x7" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Sister Mary Irma Schlangal, N.D., was born October 25, 1901, in Bohemia. She came to America with her parents in 1906. She was a Notre Dame sister for 60 years and spent her religious life as a cook. In Nebraska, Sister Irma worked at Holy Trinity School in Brainard from 1926-1927 and 1937-1941; and at Dwight Assumption 1936-1937. She became a U.S. citizen in 1943. She died January 7, 1984, at the age of 82.
