Linda Brockett Photographic Negatives
The Linda Brockett collection is a series of photographic negatives taken around the Great Lakes region between 1910-1915. The images follow an unknown family whose son graduated from Northwestern University in 1915. They had a vacation home in Paw Paw Lake, Michigan and traveled often between Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. The collection names friends of the family including Helen Lett, Will Knight, and Ruth Moorehead. They often traveled by steamboat or by train, owned a Ford Model T, and saw biplanes at a 1912 Chicago air show. The collection also includes photographs of several pets and farm animals.
This collection is also available here on JSTOR.
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Group posing next to piano.A group of adults sitting in front of a lacy curtain next to a piano. There are four women in the back, all formally dressed with their hair pinned up. In front of them are two men in suits. One is slouching in his seat and the other has his arm around him. -
Older woman sitting in chair.An older woman sitting in a chair with her hands folded in her lap. She is wearing a long patterned skirt, longsleeve shirt, and black gloves and has her hair up in a bun. The negative has been cut into multiple pieces and taped back together. -
Woman holding white flower.A woman with her hair up in a headband wearing a white dress and grey cardigan. She is looking to the side and holding a white flower. -
Young girl with bow in her hair.A young girl in a lacy white dress with a large white bow in her hair. The negative has been cut into two small pieces, splitting her legs and torso, and is cut unevenly on the sides. -
Woman with bow in her hair.A woman in a white dress with a large bow in her hair. The negative has been cut into two small pieces separating her head from her torso. -
Man and woman standing in field.A man in a formal suit holding his hat standing next to a woman in a long skirt and jacket with a flowery hat. -
Young girl sitting in grass.A young girl in a dress with a large bow on her head sitting in the grass with her arms outstretched. -
Young woman sitting in yard.A young woman in a white dress and tall white boots sitting on a chair outside a house with her arms folded. -
Man on ladder picking peaches.A man in a grey suit and hat standing on a ladder next to a peach tree. He is reaching for a peach while looking back at the camera and smiling. -
Two people in rocking chairs.A woman in a grey dress sitting in a wicker rocking chair in a yard with her arms crossed. A younger man is sitting in the matching chair next to her wearing a white patterned shirt and black tie. He has one leg draped over the arm of the chair with the other resting on the ground. The negative has been cut out unevenly on all four sides. -
Man standing outside shed.A young man in baggy pants, a collared shirt, a tie, and a large-brimmed hat standing with his hands on his hips in a yard. There is a large shed to his left with an empty pallet leaning against the wall. The negative has been cut on a slant at the top and bottom, and is cut unevenly along one side. -
Three people standing outside house.Three people standing in a yard outside of a residential house. There is an older man in a suit and tie holding a hat, a woman in a long black coat wearing a flowery hat and eyeglasses and holding a handkerchief, and a young man in a suit and tie.