A 3"x4" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Anna and Ida Jacob, Bellwood, Nebraska. Ida is wearing a dark, long sleeve dress and narrow fabric belt with two metal rings and small medallion buckle, softly gathered bodice and several rows of dark netting gathered onto the yoke seam with a softly gathered high-stand collar. Anna is sitting in front wearing a striped cotton jumper with fitted waist and ruffle edged scoop neck over a white, long-sleeve blouse with narrow fabric ruffle around the jewel neckline.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00037730000
Source
Original format: 3"x4" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Anna and Ida Jacob were the daughters of Carl and Frances Zimmer Jacob. Anna was born December 1878, and Ida was born in August 1883, in Bellwood, Nebraska. Anna married James Clark, February 8, 1906, in Butler County, Nebraska. Anna died January 10, 1907, and is buried in the Bellwood Cemetery. Ida married Anton Hayek, September 6, 1910, in Romerstadt, Austria. In 1911, Anton and Ida returned to Bellwood and opened a restaurant. They later moved to Omaha and then to California, where Anton died. Ida returned to David City where she died April 17, 1985.
