A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full figure portrait photograph of Paul J. Albright and Claude Later, David City, Nebraska. A man wearing striped pants, dark jacket, dark shirt, knotted tie, high-top shoes and striped cap with high crown and bill is sitting on an upholstered chair with tassel trim, holding a pipe in one hand. The other man has one foot up on the chair, removing a letter from an envelope sharing the contents with the first man, holding a pipe in one hand. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and same striped cap with high crown and bill. Both men are smiling, positioned in front of a painted backdrop featuring an open casement window with drape and urn with flowers.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00078980000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Paul John Albright was born February 3, 1884, to John and Louisa Albright in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The family moved to Nebraska in 1886 and his father opened a jewelry store in downtown David City. He began working in his father's jewelry and music store at the age of ten. In 1901 and 1902 he attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and later worked as a traveling salsman for his father. In 1908, he married Bertha Pearl Curry in David City. In 1912, he bought the jewelry business from his father. Paul was a member of many civic organizations and a 20-year member of the hospital board. Paul and Bertha had no children. Claude R. Frater was born in March 6, 1886, in Iowa to John James and Lillian Kennedy Frater. Claude's father owned a drug store in downtown David City. Claude moved to Ketchikan, Alaska, where he worked as a druggist.
