Description: An original press photograph from the archives of the venerable 150 year-old Star Tribune newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Type & Size: A 8x10" original photograph.Condition: Photo from a working archive. May contain notes, marks, labels, clippings, and/or retouching by the staff at the time of publication. May contain issues associated with time, age, and use. Please see images for scans.Mrs. Pflaum is pictured seated in a wheelchair, handing an apple to an elderly gentleman next to a fruit cart. Another gentleman and a nun are standing nearby, smiling. This scene captures a Christmas party at the Little Sisters of the Poor home in Minneapolis on December 15, 1955.Mrs. Samuel Pflaum was known for her charitable tradition of hosting Christmas parties at retirement homes in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The tradition was part of a family legacy started by the Rothschild family, continued by Mrs. Pflaum even after her husband's passing in 1941.Text present on photo:Mrs. Pflaum3 col. X 6½1st out Thurs. Pl. Sat. #noEngraving Artists 1955 DEC 15510 Groveland avenueHoliday Tradition 65 years Rothschild family tradition- - - The press photo archives contained a mix of silver gelatin and wire photographs from sources such as Associated Press Wirephoto. Generally B&W images with no typed text on them in this archive are silver gelatin images, and photos with typed text are wire photos. All images are vintage and original to their era.
Price: 28 USD
Location: Carlsbad, California
End Time: 2025-01-28T16:11:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Photograph
Subject: fruit cart, wheelchair, nun, residents, Christmas
Theme: community life, holidays, religious, social history
Featured Person/Artist: Mrs. Pflaum, Edmund Vadnais, M.C. Dauwen, Mother Mary
Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print
Year of Production: 1955
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Size: 8x10 inches
Time Period Manufactured: 1950-1959
Number of Photographs: 1
Antique: No
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Vintage: Yes
Framing: Unframed
