A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full-figure portrait of a child sitting in a baby carriage. Adah May is wearing a long-sleeved sweater with large white collar and a white cap that ties under the chin. The child is seated on a long-haired fur blanket that covers her legs.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00C00550002
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Adah J. May was born in Nebraska in 1908, the daughter of Edwin & Jeanette May. According to the 1910 census, her father was a traveling salesman and her grandparents ran a hotel in David City. According to the 1920 census, the family was living in Beatrice, Nebraska, where her parents ran a hotel.
