Alma Fry Wheeler playing mandolin and guitar

Description

This glass plate negative labeled Alma's duplicate is part of the Frank Fry Collection and shows Alma Fry Wheeler (1876-1938) playing both mandolin and guitar. Fry created the image by exposing the same glass plate negative multiple times, displaying two portraits in one image. Frank Emmett Fry (December 13, 1877-February 12, 1939), originally from Ohio, settled in western North Carolina around 1895. He was superintendent of the North Carolina Talc and Mining Company, located in Hewitt, NC (Swain County), and was also involved in the lumber industry. He married Martha Emerelda Pender (February 24, 1879-October 31, 1958), and the couple had seven children. Fry’s photography appears to date from the first decade of the 1900’s, and features images of Hewitt, Bryson City, and the surrounding area.
Details
- Creator
  - Fry, Frank E. (Frank Emmett), 1877-1939
- Format
  - Glass plate negatives
  - Portraits
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date digitized: 2019-10-08
- Extent
  - Dimension: 5" x 7"
- Subject - Topic
  - Guitar
  - Mandolin
  - Portraits
  - Women
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Frank Fry Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS19-03_02_017
- Related material
  - Click on the link provided to view more information about the Fry family history: Http://www.friendsofthebccemetery.org/files/biographical/Fry_%20Family_History.pdf
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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