Today on the WBEZ Chicago Public Radio program Eight Forty-Eight, director and resident photographer Jason Marck talked with journalist Geoffrey Johnson about Beatrice Tonnesen’s life. Johnson tells the Beatrice Tonnesen story in the March issue of Chicago magazine (soon on the newsstand and later on the web). A podcast is available.
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Photos of Beatrice Tonnesen
Slideshow Album 14: Photo Advertising
Album 14 – Photo Advertising was added to the Slideshow. This album accompanies the post Tonnesen Sisters: Pioneers in Photo Advertising.
Slideshow Album 13 – Visitor Contributions
Album 13 – Visitor Contributions was added to the Slideshow. Images 1-3 were provided by Angela Lachniet.
Slideshow for “Introducing the Tonnesen Models Part 3”
30 images have been posted in Slideshow Album 9. Navigate to Screen 2 of the Slideshow Gallery. There was wide variation in source material and original image quality, as represented in the results.
Possible Examples of Tonnesen Patented Flower Holder
On the right is one of Lois’s images that shows a possible example of the patented Tonnesen Long Stem Flower Holder as described in this post.
Left is another possible example from BT’s residence picture that was shown and zoomed in this earlier post. This small portion of an original image from the Oshkosh Public Museum was not scanned at a high enough density to provide better image definition of the flower holder.