A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full-figure portrait photograph of Harold Burdick, son of Dr. Harry Burdick, David City, Nebraska. The boy is dressed in a knee-length, loosely belted dress with long sleeves, wide collar, pantaloons, socks and ribbon-tied shoes, standing in an ornately-carved wooden chair. There is a teddy bear embroidered or painted on a tabbord hanging from his belt and a small suffed dog is sitting on the arm of the chair.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00B05740003
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Harold Eugene Burdick was born in Nebraska, September 22, 1905, the son of Dr. Harry and Bertha Agnes Burdick of David City. His father practiced medicine in David City for many years and his mother was superintendent of the hospital. Harold became a chemist and married Florence Smiley of Janesville, Wisconsin, August 27, 1931. Harold died November 10, 1992, in Durham, North Carolina.
