A 4"x6" glass plate negative, portrait photograph of Ed Dworak and his daughter, Gloria. Ed is wearing a dark three-piece suit, white shirt and black bow tie, sitting in a wooden arm chair with a toy in his hand. The little girl is standing beside him wearing a plaid dress with drop waist, attached gathered skirt of stripe fabric, short puff sleeves, gathered bodice, large white Buster Brown collar, black tights and shoes, reaching for the toy, standing in front of a painted backdrop featuring figured drapes with tassel trim.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00A06640001
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Edward Dworak was born in Nebraska in June 1875. He moved to David City in 1899 from the Bruno/Linwood, Nebraska, area and worked as a bookkeeper before being promoted to a bank cashier. Ed and his wife, Ida, had a daughter, Gloria, born Novembe 30, 1906, in Nebraska. Gloria attended David City High School and Duschesne College in Omaha, Nebraska. Gloria married Morris Locke and they had one daughter, Marianne. Gloria died in June 20, 1968, in Denver, Colorado, and is buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Denver.
