Oswald Kummer sits in a haystack with the faithful family dog, Fido.
Oswald Kummer, the son of Christian and Friederike, was two years old when his family immigrated to the United States. Only nine when his family settled in Schweizer, Oswald remained there until his death. In 1906, Oswald, then 24, acquired a camera and unofficially became the community chronicler. His glass plate negatives became part of the Kentucky Library & Museum collection in 1989.
An exhibit of 87 photographs and artifacts from the Kummer collection will be on display in the Kentucky Library and Museum from May 26 through August 31, 2010.
I like your photos
reminds me of the faithful dog whose master left him for sometime while he sat waiting for him hungry and died in the end
Those photos just speak volumes about the condition and lives of immigrants at that time. Just the one above, for example- Kummer looks with a mixture of weathering and resolve. I just have to wonder… what was the dog looking at? 🙂
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reminds me of the faithful dog whose master left him for sometime while he sat waiting for him hungry and died in the end
this one’s classic. even before, people are migrating..it becomes a whole lot bigger now..everyone migrates everywhere..
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I never knew that the Germans settled in KY then moved toward MN. Thanks for the post.