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Bertha Abbey playing the mandolin
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| Title | Bertha Abbey playing the mandolin |
| Date of Original | 1909 |
| Description | An interior view of Bertha Abbey's living room, with a piano taking up the right wall and a decorative pot belly stove in the back visible through curtains that are pulled back. Bertha Abbey sits in the center playing a mandolin, looking at a music stand holding sheet music. On the left is a small table with photographs and photo graph albums on top. Then there is a chair and a small end table that has a lamp and a bird cage on top. There are many decorations, including a pillow, table cloths, rugs, and pictures and framed photographs, many hand on the walls. There is a framed picture of Abraham Lincoln on the left wall. |
| General Subject | Women
City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Interiors
Homes & haunts
Houses
Living rooms
Parlors
Pianos
Mandolins
Musical instruments
Musicians
Chairs
Picture frames
Lamps
Draperies
Stoves
Birdcages
Music
Photograph albums
Rugs
Music stands
Pillows
Interior decoration
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| Personal Name | Abbey, Bertha
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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| Location | St. Paul (Minn.)
Ramsey County (Minn.)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 001.13.27 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 20 x 25 cm. |
| Transcription | "Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, 1909. From Bertha Abbey, #1000 Charles St., St. Paul, Minn."--Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Repository Institution | Manfred Heritage Museum
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| Repository Collection | Manfred Heritage Museum Photograph Collection
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| Credit Line | Manfred Heritage Museum, Manfred, N.D. (001.13.27) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Ordering Information | Manfred Heritage Museum
Visit the Manfred History and Preservation, Inc. website: ManfredND.org - go to Guestbook.
Mailing address: Manfred History and Preservation Inc., PO Box 321, Harvey, N.D. 58341
Open May 1- September 30, on Tuesday- Saturday 10am-4pm.
When open, Museum phone number (701) 547-2564.
Manfred project historian, Audrey Solheim, e-mail address, administrator@manfrednd.org
Winter phone numbers that are published in their newsletter for staff who could open the museum on special request are 701-547-3123, 701-324-2091, and Pam Norstedt at 701-324-2027. |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dm0011327 |
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