A 4"x6" glass plate negative, formal portrait photograph of Edward Dworak in a suit and tie, sitting in a chair with his daughter, Gloria, standing in the chair beside him. The little girl is wearing a low-waisted dress. Her hair is in ringlets, parted in the middle, with bows at each side. The chair is ornate carved wood.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00A06640002
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Edward Dworak was born in Nebraska in June 1875. He moved to David City in 1899 from the Bruno/Linwood, Nebraska, area and worked as a bookkeeper before being promoted to a bank cashier. Ed and his wife, Ida, had a daughter, Gloria, born Novembe 30, 1906, in Nebraska. Gloria attended David City High School and Duschesne College in Omaha, Nebraska. Gloria married Morris Locke and they had one daughter, Marianne. Gloria died in June 20, 1968, in Denver, Colorado, and is buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Denver.
