A 5"x7" glass plate negative, full-figure photograph of Queene Snow, David City, Nebraska. She is wearing a floor-length white gown with lace trim, high-stand collar and full sleeves with dark accents on the bodice. Her long, blond hair is worn full but pulled away from the face, secured atop her head and decorated with flowers. She is carrying large spray of flowers.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00047120000
Source
Original format: 5"x7" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Queene Hortense Snow was born in Nebraska, October 31, 1882, to Frank & Hortense Cassatt Snow. Her father worked in a hardware store and later became a railroad agent in David City, Nebraska. Queene was a talented musician and began teaching music at an early age. She performed often at the Thorpe Opera House. She married Henry Givens Cox who was also musically talented and an early conductor of the Omaha Symphony. Queene died May 1963, in Iowa. She and her husband endowed the Cox-Snow Music Center (a 200-seat recital hall, rehearsal hall & classrooms) at Central College in Pella, Iowa. Queene also funded a permanent scholarship in David City, Nebraska. at David City High School.
