A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full-figure portrait of Rudolph Dobrusky, Abie, Nebraska, in a band uniform, standing beside a table with his clarinet. Rudolph was one of ten children who performed in the Dobusky family band.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00A08030000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Rudolph was born to Emmanuel and Bessie Posva Dobrusky who immigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1865 and settled near Rescue, Nebraska, near present-day Prague. All of their ten children played musical instruments and their family band performed often in near-by towns.
