A 3"x4" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Frieda Piller, Millerton, Nebraska, wearing a dark long-sleeve dress with contrasting-color leather belt with metal buckle, contrasting-color braid trimming the sleeve cuffs, the base of the stiff high-stand collar and outlining the sweetheart neckline seam and three vertical bodice seams, a long chain necklace and violet pinned to the neckline front, her hair pulled back and secured with a dark ribbon.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00039500000
Source
Original format: 3"x4" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Frieda Piller was born in Chicago, Illinois, July 18, 1885, to Reinhold and Minna Piller. Her parents moved to Butler County, Nebraska, shortly after Frieda was born and settled in Millerton, where her father operated a general store. She married Albert Hoeft, March 4, 1906, in Millerton. Frieda and Albert homesteaded in Canada until 1911, when they returned to David City, Nebraska, and raised their five children. Frieda died July 19, 1977, and is buried in the David City Cemetery.
