[Edgar Jacobson and Mrs. Jacobson, his mother] (LOC)

    Bain News Service,, publisher.

    [Edgar Jacobson and Mrs. Jacobson, his mother]

    12/10/1912 (date created or published later by Bain)

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Current, corrected title provided by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008.
    Original title, "Edgar Jacobson & wife," misidentifed the woman in unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.11000

    Call Number: LC-B2- 2462-2

    Comments and faves

    1. Hippie Gal (55 months ago | reply)

      I don't think she's his wife. I think she is his mother. It doesn't say wife on the photo anywhere and he is very much younger than her. Also they are posed distant from one another, not like a husband/wife pose.
      Also, if you look closely you can see they have similar facial features.

    2. Tracy27 (55 months ago | reply)

      Seriously, that must be his mother.

    3. skonen_blades (55 months ago | reply)

      Well, I ain't sayin' he's a gold digger....

    4. budderflyman (55 months ago | reply)

      It is an eerie photo. Do you think she is wearing black because her husband has just died?

    5. captainslack (55 months ago | reply)

      Budderflyman's suspicions were correct. Her husband had died. Had been murdered in fact! By this guy (her son-in-law):

      www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/244 8662531/

      Full story here:

      query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9500E 6D6103AE633A...

    6. laurasmoncur (55 months ago | reply)

      Kudos to captainslack for hunting down this story! Awesome work, man!

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      Carsten Aniksdal added this photo to his favorites. (55 months ago)

    8. Acie Creations (55 months ago | reply)

      Wow! Awesome research job!

      --
      Seen on your photo stream. (?)

    9. Harry Angstrom (55 months ago | reply)

      The son was a suspect in the murder and later the son-in-law was arrested. Not clear what happened, was there a trial? seems to be no follow up stories from New York Times articles. This photo reads "Mrs. Jacobson" down the left edge, which is consistent with the theory that she is his mom, the widow.

    10. The Library of Congress (55 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for tracking down the story! We'll correct the title in our local system and then reload the corrected description here.

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      YaHeEstado added this photo to their favorites. (55 months ago)

    12. harrybuzzell (48 months ago | reply)

      Edgar Jacobson, his mother Annie Jacobson, and Rev. Charles Emelius all were found not guilty of the New Sweden, ME murder of C. August Jacobson according to the newspaper article in the Auburn Citizen, Auburn, NY on Dec. 14, 1912.
      www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct =res&cd=....

    13. Miss History (48 months ago | reply)

      what an incredible story! great detective work, Captainslack.

      now, what I wonder is why he looks like he's fading into the wall there. haha.

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      RiotKop, Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), and Jaime Lee added this photo to their favorites.

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