Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Barn Raising with Friends and Neighbors |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Catalog Number |
8605 |
Date |
1900 circa |
Description |
The following text is a letter to Jim, Loretta, Pat and Bernadette in 1990 regarding the photograph. "I hope the box reaches you and pictures are in good condition. It's hard to mark the people we know. The man standing at the top wearing light clothes is Herman Peterman and the one to the extreme right with arm around the sill is Claude McFarland, a faithful handiman who worked very, very hard helping Dad to get out the logs. The two gentlemen sitting on the beam to the left - one has dark pant and the other a light overall - is Tom Baldwin and Pat Toomey. Pat is mother's brother and Tom a brother-in-law of Pat's. The ladies on the left are: (a Leahy lady, a cousin) then Aunt Sarah, Jim Corkery's wife and son Raymond, then a Leahy lady. The gentleman with the carpenter apron is Earl Kiple, the main man. Then to the right one man leaning on the sill, he's wearing suspenders, is Jim Corkery, and the man standing in front of him is John Corkery. They are brothers of Dad, the one having the barn built. Moving to the right is Dennis Toomey with the heavy beard, mother's dad, our uncle. The heavy man is Dr. Barber, the town physician. The ladies to the right are Molly Leahy Dullard, ?, and Margaret Toomey, mother's sister. The boy with his back to the camera is Harry Corkery, son of John and Mary Ellen Corkery (Minnie). Many cousins and neighbors, some we can identify and others not. Francis and Bill could do a better job. Have fun! Note: The barn raising took place on the south edge of Wadena in 1902 on the farm owned by John Corkery. All the doors on the barn are the original ones. They open in which kept them from being hooked with wagon tongue and machines used at that time. The barn remains in good shape. The farm now being owned by his son, Richard Corkery. Some came just to have their picture taken so I'm told." |
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family girl barn building neighbor friendship community people adult man woman Caucasian child boy farm farm building work |