A 4"x6" glass plate negative, portrait photograph of Pearl and Minnie McIntosh, David City, Nebraska. Pearl is wearing a skirt and blouse of alternating sections of pleated satin and Battenberg lace with center panel of strips of sheer fabric with painted design and a variety of elaborate laces over tucked satin with medallions and brooches, high stand lace collar, her brunette hair in an elegant coiffure over pods. Minnie is standing on a stool next to her wearing a white above-the-knee dress with rows of horizontal tucks above the hem, the skirt gathered onto the yoke with round neck edged with lace, short puffed sleeves edged with ruffle and chain necklace with locket holding a toy in her hand.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00A09870000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Pearl Irish married Fred (Frank) Byron McIntosh, January 29, 1902 in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Pearl is pictured with her daughter, Minnie Lucille McIntosh. Minnie Lucille was born October 5, 1907. She married Dale Nichols July 13, 1925. They had one daughter, Joan. Minnie Lucille died in November, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois.
