A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full figure portrait photograph of Barbara Kastner and Anna Smith, Linwood, Nebraska. One woman is dressed in a dark, floor-length long-sleeve dress with gathered skirt, 4 rows of fabric ruffles on the skirt hem; wide, white fabric belt tied in a bow at the waist and white fabric scarf tied around the neck into a bow at one side. She is standing, holding a letter open with one hand, holding the hand of the other woman over one shoulder. The other woman is dressed in a floor-length, long-sleeve, white dress with two rows of fabric ruffles around the hem and diagonally across the skirt, a fabric belt tied at the waist, and high-stand collar with lace edging. She is standing with one arm over the other woman's shoulder; the other arm hanging down by her side, holding an envelope. Both women are wearing their hair pulled up into an elegant coiffure, standing in front of a painted backdrop that features an open casement window, draperies, a flower-filled urn and two wall shelves with a statuette and a lidded urn.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00037880000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Barbara Kastner was born in Nebraska, May 8, 1881, to Vaclav and Barbara Kastner. Her parents immigrated from Bohemia and farmed near Linwood, Nebraska. She married William Yindrick September 23, 1905, at St. Peter & Paul church in Abie. They raised 4 children Helen (Mrs. James Svoboda), Alice (Mrs. Max Krondak), Lucille (Mrs. Frank Curda) and Louis. Barbara died May 5, 1970 and is buried beside her husband in Appleton Cemetery.
