A 5"x7" glass plate negative, portrait photograph of a wedding couple: Thomas W. and Josephine Beierle. The groom wears a dark suit with a white shirt and a corsage on his lapel. The bride wears a high-neck dark dress with light-colored braided-lace trim across shoulders and chest and a brooch at the neckline.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00035740000
Source
Original format: 5"x7" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Thomas M. Beierle was born in a hillside dugout on the farm his parents homesteaded southwest of David City in 1877. He married Josephine Bock in 1901. Josephine was born in 1882 in Savannah, Nebraska, which at that time was the county seat of Butler County. Thomas and Josephine lived on a 400-acre farm, 7.5 miles southwest of David City for 45-years and raised 5 daughters before retiring to David City in 1945. Josephine died November 1, 1963 and Thomas died in 1965. They are both buried in the David City Cemetery.
