Owner : Menno Hoffman

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Item Name	Fraktur - Bilt	Image1
Other Owner(s)	Baumann, Joseph D.
Category	Documents
Year	Early: 1870 - Late: 1880
Description	Drawing of bird, possibly a mourning dove, perched on a potted plant. The paper is thick with an embossed stamp in left bottom corner. On the back of the drawing are the words "Joseph Bauman my grandfather made this bird and gave it to me. Menno Hoffman (c.1875)."
Maker\Attribution	Joseph D. Bauman
Provenance	The Bauman family roots were in Berks County, Pennsylvania, but he was born near Waterloo and farmed near St. Jacobs. Several bookplates, family records and pictorial drawings are attributed to Joseph D. Bauman and it appears that most of his work was done past the 1860's.
Collection	Joseph Schneider Haus Museum Contact : 466 Queen St. S. Kitchener 519-742-7752 www.region.waterloo.on.ca
Accession No.	1984.028.201
Curatorial Comments	Joseph D. Bauman's work is similar to that of Abraham Latschaw and Isaac Z. Hunsicker. He retained some elements from both of these early Fraktur artists, but he also copied motifs from printed forms. Bauman produced many drawings of trees and birds for children and grandchildren, with simple texts, as well as many family records which he lettered and embellished with geometric designs.

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