Beatrice Tonnesen – Photographer & Artist

Marjorie Eid of the Winneconne (WI) Historical Society reports that more than 100 original photographs by Beatrice Tonnesen have recently been found.  Tonnesen grew up in Winneconne.  Most of the photos were found in an old, long-unopened envelope box at the Society.   The donor is unknown.  The collection contains a wonderful range of subjects [...]

The blond toddler shown in Tonnesen photos and prints circa 1917-20 has been identified as Jane Berghauer (1916-1994). She had earlier been identified by fellow models as Janie Burkhardt or Janie Berkhauer. Searching on close matches, I found that the Chicago Tribune reported on November 3, 1917 that Jane Berghauer had placed second in a “prettiest baby” contest [...]

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 [...]

This painting came out of my grandparents’ basement. My grandmother, for whatever undisclosed reason, seemed to put everything that was attributed to Beatrice Tonnesen down in the basement, in a dark never-go-there type of place. [...]