A 4"x6" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Logan, Charles and Louie Spelts; David City, Nebraska. The men are wearing suits, white shirts and ties with felt bowler hats, standing in front of a painted backdrop. One man has a pin in his lapel.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00C07590000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Logan and Charles Spelts were the sons of William and Julia Spelts. Logan was born July 12, 1886, in Ulysses, Butler County, Nebraska. He and his wife Marjorie were the parents of three sons and lived in Colorado, where Logan farmed. He later became a real estate agent. Charles Spelts was born in Ulysses in January 1878. He married Anna Schaumburg on February 10, 1905. Charles worked as a bridge builder and later became a grain merchant, living in Colorado. Charles and Anna had one son, Ralph. Louis Spelts was the son of Louis and Lizzie Spelts; born in Illinois, December 27, 1878. He married Sue Neely in Bellwood, Nebraska, June 24, 1899. He died July 1965, in California.
