Photograph
Fontana A. Massee, as a Milliner
| Fontana A. Massee, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a milliner. Pictured showing hats to another girl. Part of a yearbook created by classmate Albert Hansen, based on a class prophecy theme. |
| Image ID: | 54735 |
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| Creation Date: | 1905 |
| Creator Name: | Hansen, Albert |
| City: | Menomonie |
| County: | Dunn |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Albert Hansen papers and photographs, 1899-1980 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M82-255 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 7 inches |
| Page 4 of 70. Accompanying story reads, "On opening the collection appropriately enough the fate of Fontana Masse was the first to appear. Imagine to my surprise upon discovering that our illustrious classmate was to become a milliner, she to whom we had all looked up to for her studious perseverence and serious character is to direct all the knowledge and energy in to the creation of hats. The prophet said, 'This lady will be unsurpassed as a milliner because of her prodigious knowledge of Geometry; which will give her a correct idea of the angles and curves in the creation of exquisite hats and bonnets.'" Fontana A. Massee married Fred Cole in 1917. Information about Fontana Massee has been researched through contemporary newspaper articles. |
| Hats |
| Students |
| Portrait photography |
| Women |
| Clothing trade |
| Sales personnel |
| Stores, Retail |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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