A 4"x6" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Harold Schweser, David City, Nebraska, wearing a dark suit, white shirt with stiff collar and figured, knotted tie with tie tack.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00A04920000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Harold was born March 21, 1893, in Indiana to George and Elise Schweser. He married Edith Johnson of New York, June 21, 1918. They raised three daughters: Catherine, Lee and Edith Marie. Harold served as a lieutenant in the balloon service at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, during World War I. After the war, he managed the family-owned Schweser department store in Fremont, Nebraska. He died June 3, 1940, when he accidently fell off the roof of the three-story Schweser Department Store.
