A 4"x6" glass plate negative, bust portrait profile photograph of Miss Carrie Quade, David City, Nebraska. She is wearing a black dress with large scoop neckline of wide, gathered fabric ruffle her long, brunette hair held up in back with a black velvet bow and large stick pin.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00027140000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Carrie Quade was born in Iowa in 1882 to William and Emma Holmberg Quade. Her father was a miller by trade who was born and married in Rhode Island, then moved his family to Dubuque, Iowa, and later to David City, Nebraska. Carrie performed at the Opera House in David City. She married Ray Harris and moved to San Diego, California, where Ray was the city attorney. They had one daughter, Ida. After the death of her first husband, Carrie married F.A. Stevenson and continued to live in California.
