A 3"x4" glass plate negative, full-figure studio portrait of Minnie Weber from Ulysses, Nebraska, standing in an ornately-carved wooden chair. The child is holding a large, blond-wigged doll dressed in a long white dress against her chest with one arm. There is a ribbon banner draped diagonally across the child's chest with a large ribbon rosette attached at the shoulder. A brunette-wigged doll and stuffed animal are in the chair beside the little girl.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00A04620000
Source
Original format: 3"x4" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Minnie Weber was born in Nebraska, August 14, 1906, to George and Rosa Hinck Weber. According to 1910 census records, George Weber had died and Minnie's mother was listed as a widow living in Ulysses, Nebraska. Her mother remarried and according to 1920 Census records, Rosa Miller (divorced) and Minnie Weber (single) were living as boarders in Aurora, Nebraska. Rosa was working as a bookkeeper. Minnie died March 4, 1940, in San Diego, California.
