A 3"x4" glass plate negative, bust portrait of three young women. The women are wearing their long hair swept back. One woman has a flower in her hair. One is dressed in a bodice-drape. The other two women are dressed in lace-pleated, long-sleeved gowns with high-stand collars.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00038440001
Source
Original format: 3"x4" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Minnie was one of ten children, born December 1884, in Nebraska to Louis & Elizabeth Spelts. Her father was a grain merchant in David City, Nebraska. Jessie Cloe Boston was born February 15, 1886, to Orrin and Rose Mohals/Nichols Boston. She married Leonard B. Cox, November 6, 1902, in York, Nebraska. Jessie and Leonard had two children: Charley and Wayne. Marie Boston was born November 15, 1885. she was the adopted daughter of William G. and Anna Boston. She died in Omaha, March 3, 1907, and is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, David City, Nebraska.
