A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full figure portrait photograph of Jacob L. Davisson, David City, Nebraska. He is wearing a dark suit with cuffed slacks, dark socks and shoes, white shirt and dark, knotted tie, a straw boater hat with dark ribbon band pushed back on his head and a chain hanging down from his breast pocket. He is seated side-ways on a wooden bench with his legs crossed.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00B06090000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Jacob L. Davisson was born June 1890, to William and Mary Davisson. He graduated from David City High School in 1909. According to 1920 and 1930 Census records, Jacob was farming in Missouri and living with his wife, Grace, and his mother, Mary.
