Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
1950.128.0011Description
Photo of M'liss and Helen Thomas at Pittsburg, Expo.
Update 3/2010: Black and white print. Studio portrait. Oval. Printed on postcard paper, unused. 3/4 length portrait of a woman and young girl in front of a painted backdrop. Both are dressed in white. Woman is setting on a chair; girl appears to be standing but is leaning into the woman who has her left arm around the girls waist. Girl has large bow in her hair. Woman is wearing a fancy hat.
Written on emulsion surface: Blue ink in upper left: "M'liss Thomas". In black in at center bottom: "Mliss and Helen Thomas Pittsburg Expo".
Printed on back in black ink: "Post Card" "This Side For The Address" "Place One-Cent Stamp Here" [with dotted border].
Written on back in black ink: "Helen weighs 40 1/2 Mliss [weighs] 111 pounds."
Badly yellowed. Back soiled, ink smeared. Front very badly soiled. Corner and edge damage; emulsion missing at center right side. Lower corners bent-emulsion cracked. Emulsion scratched, ink marks on emulsion.Collection
Photograph Collection