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| Title | Elmer E. Barry family portrait |
| Date of Original | 1920s |
| Description | Interior view of the Elmer E. Barry family. Elmer Elsworth Barry sits on the right wearing a suit, while his daughter Margaret Bernice Barry (Cummings) stands by his knee. His daughter Frances Elizabeth Barry (Zirko) stands on the left next to seated wife and mother, Mathilda J. Barry (Moris). In the background there is a backdrop, and there are lace curtains over a window on the left. |
| General Subject | People
Portraits
Women
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Families
People
Men
Couples
Women
Children
Girls
Suits (Clothing)
Dresses
Clothing & dress
Draperies
Lace
Interiors
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| Personal Name | Barry, Elmer Elsworth, 1886-1972
Barry, Mathilda J. Moris
Zirko, Frances Elizabeth Barry
Cummings, Margaret Bernice Barry
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| Location | Pembina (N.D.)
Pembina County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1920-1929
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| Item Number | PCHS5038 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 18 x 21 cm. |
| Transcription | "Barry Museum. Elmer E. Barry, his wife Mathilda and Daughter Frances Elizabeth, Standing left, and Margaret Bernice at her fathers knee. Picture taken in the 1920's"--Printed under photograph. "Z312"--Handwritten under photograph and on back. |
| Notes | Title created by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Elmer Elsworth Barry was a businessman born in Manvel, Dakota Territory on August 7, 1886, son of James M and Elizabeth Ann (McAdam). He married Mathilda J. Moris of Pembina, N.D. on November 27, 1919 and they had two daughters, Frances (Mrs. Stephen Zirko) and Margaret (Mrs. Harry L. Cummings). Elmer Elsworth Barry received his education from the North Dakota public schools. He worked as a blacksmith, mechanic, steam engineer, garage owner and car dealer. From 1904-1911 he was the clerk of the School District. From 1940-1942 the county justice and from 1935-1960 he was the US commissioner for the District of ND Pembina. He served in WWI. Elmer Barry died in 1972 in Pembina County, N.D. |
| Repository Institution | Pembina County Historical Society
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| Repository Collection | E.E. Barry Collection
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| Credit Line | Pembina County Historical Society Photograph Collection (PCHS5038) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown.
Owned by Pembina County Historical Society. |
| Ordering Information | Pembina County Historical Society
Address: 13572 Hwy 5
Cavalier, N.D. 58220
Phone number: 701-265-4941 or 701-265-4691
Email address: pchsm@polarcomm.com |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmPCHS5038 |
