Gilbert Aspeslagh

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This collection of negatives came with some remnants of the sleeves that originally held the negatives. There is no sign of the name of the photographer. Two sleeves had dates (1907 and 1909). All the negatives are glass with the exception of number 31, which was possibly cellulose acetate. Number 31 shows an image of Theodore Roosevelt standing at the back of a railroad car stationed in the South Lawrence Train Station. There is a large crowd and the spires of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church are in the background. Roosevelt stopped in Lawrence twice: 1902 and 1912. The image in this collection is most likely from 1902. The rest of the images are landscape views of buildings and other local sights. Besides the City of Lawrence there are images from Andover and Methuen MA and Windham, NH.

These negatives were donated to the Special Collections of the Lawrence Public Library on July 5, 2011 by the grandson (Glen) of Gilbert Aspeslagh. Family legend declares that this collection was payment for a bar tab to the brother of Gilbert's mother.