A 4"x6" glass plate negative, portrait photograph of Lee R. and Jennie Woolsey. The woman is dressed in a white, pin-tucked dress with 3/4 length sleeves and a high-stand collar, a rose pinned to her bodice. Her hair is pulled back and fastened at the nape with a large white bow and she is wearing a dark, wide-brimmed, bouffant hat trimmed with a small, white ribbon bow. The man is dressed in a suit, white shirt and white, knotted tie.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00C05660002
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Lee Woolsey was born in Bee, Nebraska, April 8, 1888, to L.J. and Jennie Nirl Woolsey. He married Jennie McCoy in David City, October 5, 1910. Jennie McCoy was born in Illinois, August 23, 1888 to Henry and Vretta Bumphrey McCoy. Lee and Jennie Woolsey farmed in Sherman County, Nebraska, and raised five children. Lee died October, 1965. Jennie died February, 1974, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
