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Foster County Historical Society Secretary Cathy Paulson fans out a few of the thousands of photo negatives contained in the cases at left. The negatives are from the former Carlson Studio taken from 1927 through the 1940s.
The Carlson Studio was housed in the second story of the current Senior Citizen building. The stairway (covered in white) was the entrance to the studio back in its day.
There are many, many photograph negatives available free of charge at the Foster County Historical Society Museum.
Society Secretary Cathy Paulson said last week, "There are literally thousands of 5" x 7" negatives from the old Carlson studio," which was housed in the upper story of the current Foster County Senior Citizen Building, just south of Central Pharmacy.
"They are all marked on the side as to who paid the bill for the actual photographs and we are not sure of all the years they were taken," Paulson added.
Carlson Studio was in business from 1927 through the 1940s.
The museum will give these negatives to the families who claim them by calling Paulson at 652-2587 or Joanne Jensen at 307-0228. Persons may come to the museum and check the index they have made to look for your family.
Paulson and Jensen are in the process of cataloging the many items in the museum and continuing the volunteer work from the past.
The Society is always open to monetary donations to assist in covering charges needed in the process of sorting and displaying.
As for the negatives, the following is just a fraction of the names found on the individual negatives. Anyone recognizing the names should contact either of the two ladies above:
Jean Davis, M. Johnson, Robert Scobie, Bill Anderson, Stanley Smith (several wedding pictures);
Leslie Burk, TR Birks, Ramona Carter, Emma Johnson, Wm. McIlonie, Ronald Larson, Janet Roach;
Orval Graham, Marjorie Johnson, Eleanor Barun, Gilje, John Weber, Janice Kuehn, Clarence Hackenson;
Walter Lien, Dorothy Cooper, W.J. Prescott, J.J. Ockert, Marjorie Caverly, Robert O'Niel, Kenneth Boley, Howard Rudel;
Robert Klumptz (or Klumph), Paul Martin, Julius M. Krenz, Pat Clark, 1927 confirmation class (doesn't say which church but the pastor is Rev. John Bunge), Lucille Day.
