Identification: Johann Friedrich Klein (1850-1901). He married Christine Haerer in 1872 at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Their oldest child was Anna Elizabeth Klein, who was the second wife of G. J. Wegener. This is the only known photograph of John F. Klein.

Note: This portrait was almost discarded when the Wegener possessions at the parsonage of St. Paul Lutheran Church were distributed after 1946. Meta (Wegener) Hellmers salvaged it from the trash and retained it for posterity.

Date: Unknown; late 1800s.

Repository: Unframed portrait held by Norman D. Hellmers.

Size of original: 17 inches by 13.5 inches. Current view from a scanned 35mm slide.

Number: W-PHO-0006.

Retrieve: Larger image (2,973k).