A 3"x4" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Miss Ada Munns and Mrs. C. Orton, David City, Nebraska. One woman is wearing a dark coat and fur stole with a dark wide-brimmed hat trimmed with dark feathers, dark silk flowers and ribbons. The other women is wearing a dark double-breasted coat with brass buttons and triangle-shaped accents of black velvet on the collar with small buttons, edged with decorative cord over a dark blouse with horizontal tucks and white high-stand collar, dark fur stole and dark wide-brimmed hat with stiff fabric ribbon bow covering the crown.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00A04460000
Source
Original format: 3"x4" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Ada L. Munns was born in Nebraska, in April 1887, to Brice and Marrie Munns. She was a school teacher. She married Glen E. Wilson, who lived in Gage County, Nebraska, and they raised one daughter, Ruth. No historical information found for Mrs. C. Orton.
