Identification: Christine (Haerer) Klein (1857-1907). She married
Johann Friedrich Klein 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 Christine (Haerer) 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-0007.
Retrieve: Larger image (3,241k).
