A 3"x4" glass plate negative, full figure portrait photograph of Kenneth Bentley, son of Rev. Milo G. Bentley, Surprise, Nebraska, wearing a pair of bib overalls, long-sleeve shirt of striped cotton fabric with large Peter Pan collar of gingham fabric with a white bow tied at the neck and wide-brimmed straw hat, holding on to the handles of a wheelbarrow with small rake and hoe laying on top, standing in front of a painted backdrop.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00098980000
Source
Original format: 3"x4" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Kenneth Bentley was born May 7, 1902, in Iowa, to Milo and Maud Bentley. According to the 1920 and 1930 federal census, he and his wife, Doris, lived in Oregon, where Kenneth worked as a farm laborer. They had one son, Ralph. Kenneth died April, 1975, in Portland, Oregon.
