• Collection ID 1988.0342
  • Title Marie Frid family photograph collection [graphic].
  • Dates ca. 1900-1953.
  • Physical description
    • 149 photographic prints : b&w, snapshot ; 10 X 16 cm. (3 3/4 X 6 in.) or smaller.
    • 36 photographic prints : b&w ; 26 x 31 cm. (10 x 12 in.) or smaller.
    • 6 photographic prints : col., snapshot ; 9 x 15 cm. (3 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)
    • 1 photomechanical print : halftone photomechanical print ; 5 x 10 cm. (2 x 3 3/4 in.)
  • Access and usage restrictions Advance appointment required to view color material in cold storage.
  • Collection summary
    • Primarily snapshots of people standing informally in groups, or at leisure. Identified are John and Marie Frid, Emma and Mrs. Mingl. Snapshots show various Midwestern locations such as Lake Geneva and surrounding towns, Green Bay, Madison and the Dells in Wisconsin; Charlevoix, Holland, Interlochen, Ludington, St. Joseph, Whitehall in Michigan; Long Lake and the Sand Dunes in Indiana; Crete, Fox Lake, Gurnee, Plano and Starved Rock in Illinois. Chicago scenes include 76th Street beach and 61st Street east of Ellis Avenue (520 E.). Snapshots also show automobiles (ca. 1930-1940). Color snapshots depict a summer cottage, garden and group of people at Lake Geneva (1948-1953). Portrait photographs are generally studio quality and mounted. Includes wedding, graduation and confirmation portraits as well as infants and children. Identified portraits are of Elin Peterson and Mabel Lind.
    • Also includes a large office interior with many female workers (ca. 1925) and an advertisement for Alderman Char.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Robert C. Polson, 1988 (1988:0342).
  • Names
    • Frid, John.
    • Frid, Marie.
    • Hoffman, Charles E.
    • Lind, Mabel.
    • Mingl, Mrs.
    • Peterson, Elin.
  • Subjects
    • Automobiles Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Children Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Sand dunes Indiana.
    • Dwellings Wisconsin Lake Geneva. lctgm
    • Gardens Wisconsin Lake Geneva. lctgm
    • Infants Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Leisure. United States. lctgm
    • Offices Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Students Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Weddings Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Women Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Women Work Illinois Chicago.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Crete (Ill.) Pictorial works.
    • Fox Lake (Ill.) Pictorial works.
    • Gurnee (Ill.) Pictorial works.
    • Indiana Dunes (Ind.) Pictorial works.
    • Plano (Ill.) Pictorial works.
    • Starved Rock (Historic site : Ill.) Pictorial works.
    • Long Lake (Ind.) Pictorial works.
    • Indiana Pictorial works.
    • Charlevoix (Mich.) Pictorial works.
    • Holland (Mich.) Pictorial works.
    • Interlochen (Mich.) Pictorial works.
    • Ludington (Mich.) Pictorial works.
    • Saint Joseph (Mich.) Pictorial works.
    • Whitehall (Mich.) Pictorial works.
    • Green Bay (Wis.) Pictorial works.
    • Lake Geneva (Wis.) Pictorial works.
    • Madison (Wis.) Pictorial works.
    • Dells of the Wisconsin (Wis.) Pictorial works.
  • Genre
    • Group portraits. gmgpc
    • Portrait photographs. gmgpc
    • Photographic prints Color. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.