negative, glass plate
Catalog Number
2017.70.4
Date of Origin
ca. 1916
Materials
glass
Dimensions
7 in.
Description
Glass plate negative showing a young woman sitting in what appears to be a flower bed. An elaborate old home is visible behind her.
History
This woman is either Bessie H. Steffens Fischer (1887-1962) or her sister-in-law Lucy A. Fischer (1876-1962). Bessie married Lucy's brother Henry on 9-9-1916 in Holland, MI. She was born in 1887 and died on 11-12-1962 in Holland, MI. She and Henry are buried in Pilgrim Home cemetery. Lucy never married. She was born in Whitehall, MI and died in Holland, MI on 11-29-1962. Lucy was buried in Chicago's Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Gift of
Plasman, Deb
