Birkhoff, Jennie

File — Box: 23, Folder: 47

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series consists of portrait photographs and is arranged alphabetically by surname. First names are used when known, otherwise information is taken directly from the photo. A question mark in parentheses indicates that identification is tentative. Group photographs of people associated with a specific organization are found in the subject series.

Dates

Creation: circa 1837-2011

Biographical / Historical

Photo depicts a young Genevieve "Jennie" (Birkhoff) Morehead (1878–1945), taken circa 1900. She was the oldest daughter of George Birkhoff, Jr. (1852–1914), who served as Commissioner General from the Netherlands to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and was Consul of the Netherlands in Chicago from 1888–1904.