Print, Photographic

1952.179.0006

1952.179.0006

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1952.179.0006

Description

Aileen O'Melia and mother, Rawlins. Update - June 2010: Sepia print. Studio pose. Mounted in tan paperboard folder. Half-length portrait of two women. Woman on left is wearing a dark dress with sheer white ruffled collar; her hair is pinned up & she is wearing rimless glasses & a double strand of dark beads. Woman on right is wearing light colored dress with ruffled collar; her hair is pinned up & she is wearing a pendant necklace. Painted backdrop behind. Written in blue ink on inside of front flap: "Aileen O'Melia & Mother Rawlins, wyo" Stamped into front flap medallion: "Hartsook [fleur de lis] Calif;" Medallion separated on right edge from heavy stamping. Back flap diagonally cut. Image darkened along top; liquid stain at left center; top edge secured with transparent tape on folder flap & emulsion. Soiled spots on outside of folder; creases worn.

Collection

Photograph Collection