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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. H. H. West and his extended family members lounge in the grass near a cannon at Crapo Park. A woman in a dark dress and dark hat sits furthest to the left. Minnie West sits on the grass to the right of her and dons a hat and a dark cape. Behind Minnie and to the right, John Biddick wears a hat and sits on a wooden beam adjacent to the cannon. To the right of him and Minnie, a girl wears a hat and has her arms crossed as she sits on the grass. Edith Parsons wears a light-colored hat as she sits obscured by Fanny Biddick. Fanny wears a hat as she sits in the grass and casts her gaze downward towards the left. Next to her, Nella Brydolf sits in the grass and looks directly towards the camera. One hand rests on the ground and another rests on her leg. She is wearing an embellished hat and dark dress. Slightly separated from the group on the right, H. H. West lies on his side as he lounges in the grass. He wears a hat. One arm props him up and the other arm rests on his leg. A Parrott canon (partial view) extends from the left side of the photograph with the muzzle extending towards the center of the image. Text from negative sleeve: 254. Burlington, Iowa, September 1900. A group on the steps at Sunnyside. L to R: Fred Lemberger, Henry Lemberger, Lulu Lemberger, Mrs [crossed out] [handwritten:] Henry Lemberger, Mrs George M. West, Aunt ["----" crossed out] [handwritten:] Katherine Wollman. Corse monument in the park. Henry and Fred Lemberger by Gun in park. Group by gun in park. Joh Biddick and wife Nella Brydolf. ["Daisy" crossed out] [handwritten:] Edith Parsons. Fanny Biddick and H.H.West. 4 negatives. Have been told that this gun and monument to Corse have been salvaged for war effort in 1942.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_000254_001 ark:/21198/zz002hq11q
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cannons--Iowa--Burlington Parks--Iowa--Burlington West, Wilhelmina Lemberger, 1844-1927 West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958 Brydolf, Petrinella Jane, 1862-1947 Biddick, John A., Jr., 1870-1960 Pettitt, Edith Louise Parsons, 1879-1956 Biddick, Fannie Mead, 1868-1954
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