Identity area
Reference code
CA MHC 526-01-5.0
Title
Interior portrait against photo backdrop.
Date(s)
- [192-?] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 12.2 x 17.7 cm
Context area
Name of creator
(1883-1965)
Biographical history
Peter Gerhard Hamm was born in the village of Neubergthal on the Mennonite West Reserve in Manitoba. Hamm was a teacher, farmer, and photographer. Most of the photos taken by Hamm date 1900-1930, but a few into ca. 1950.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two young women in house interior, one sitting and the other propped on chair. Showing in room is wooden floor and ceiling, edge of three-stair staircase and calendar hanging on wall (can't see date).