Mary Meysenburg Schlentz, P.N. Meysenburg, John Meysenburg and Anna Meysenburg Demuth
Description
A 5"x7" glass plate negative, portrait photograph of Mary Meysenburg Schlentz, P.N. (Peter) Meysenburg, John Meysenburg and Anna Meysenburg Demuth, Butler County, Nebraska. Both men are seated in chairs, wearing three-piece suits, white shirts and ties; one man is wearing a beard, the other a mustache. The women are both wearing floor-length, long-sleeve dresses with fabric tie belts knotted in front, vertical bodice tucks, stand collars and brooches, standing behind the men, in front of a painted backdrop.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00040940000
Source
Original format: 5"x7" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
P.N. Meysenburg was born in Sandweiler, Luxemburg. After his mother's death, he came to the United States with memers of his family in 1863. He settled in Cascade, Iowa, where he married Barbara Dehner. They lived in Topeka, Kansas, for a short time before venturing northward until they reached the Platte River valley. P.N. purchased 160 acres, five miles east of Bellwood, for $2.50 per acre (which was double the normal asking price because it was located close to the railroad line). In the spring of 1870, P.N. built a sod house for his family. Their supplies were purchased in Schuyler and ferried across the Platte River. When P. N. died in 1923, he was President of the Central Nebraska National Bank, which he helped organize.
Butler County Gallery
