Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2014.30.17 |
Object Name |
Image, digital |
Description |
Image, digital, black and white, women dressed in dark skirt and white blouse kneeling next to stroller with infant in it, on other side of stroller is young child holding teddy bear on stroller top. Anna Niewisch Kenneke Petersen (1888-1948) poses with her two young sons, Elroy Kenneke (1910-1992), left, and Edward Kenneke (1913-1989), right. The boys' beloved teddy bear is going along for the ride! Anna also had two more children, a daughter Lois and son James, with her second husband Hans Petersen. Anna was raised in Bartlett and prior to marrying and becoming a mom, she was a working gal. A 1905 newspaper noted, "Miss Anna Niewisch has secured a position in the city." After her divorce from her first husband Ernest Kenneke, she returned to the work force as a salesclerk in a general store. Her and the boys lived with her mother Mary and stepfather until she married Hans. |
Year Range from |
1913 |
Year Range to |
1914 |
Place |
Unknown |
Number of images |
1 |
Relation |
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Subjects |
Mothers & children Strollers (Baby carriages) Teddy bears Siblings |
People |
Kenneke, Anna Kenneke, Edward Kenneke, Elroy Niewisch, Anna Petersen, Anna Petersen, Anna Niewisch Kenneke |
Accession number |
2014.30 |