Sunday on the Porch | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Sunday on the Porch

Sunday on the Porch | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Clifford Frederick Messinger is sitting on a swinging bed with his wife, Gertrude Merker Messinger. He is holding the comics section of a newspaper; Gertrude is holding knitting needles, and there is a ball of yarn in her lap. Sitting in a rustic chair at left is Gertrude's grandmother, Henriette Brumder, the widow of publisher and businessman George Brumder. She is reading a newspaper. They are on the screened porch of a wood frame house.
DESCRIPTION
Clifford Frederick Messinger is sitting on a swinging bed with his wife, Gertrude Merker Messinger. He is holding the comics section of a newspaper; Gertrude is holding knitting needles, and there is a ball of yarn in her lap. Sitting in a rustic chair at left is Gertrude's grandmother, Henriette Brumder, the widow of publisher and businessman George Brumder. She is reading a newspaper. They are on the screened porch of a wood frame house.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:141140
Creation Date: 1923
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Milwaukee
County:Milwaukee
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Brumder family and Milwaukee German ancestry research papers, 1844-2014
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, original
Original Format Number:PH Milwaukee Mss 229.9.1924IX
Original Dimensions:5.5 x 3.5 inches
SUBJECTS
Newspapers
Clothing and dress
Porches
Hammocks
Portraits, Group
Women
Family
Hairstyles
Indoor photography
Men
Dwellings
Neckties
Skirts
Needlework
Jewelry
Eyeglasses
Dresses

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