Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1947.003.0127Description
Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Will Edwards and 2 copies. Will is P.E.'s mother's brother.
Update 2008: Black and white print attached to grayish green matboard. Studio print shows a man and a woman sitting side by side. The woman on the left has medium dark curly hair updo in a knot on top. She has light colored eyes. She is wearing a white cotton batiste long sleeve dress with lace and tucks at bodice with rolled high collar. Bodice edge has lace ruffle inset along front and shoulders. Small gathers fall from the bocage seam. A man is sitting close to her wearing a dark vest and jacket. He is wearing a stiff white collar and white shirt with white bow tie. He has a dark Pompadour type hairstyle and dark mustache which curls up on ends. A shadowy wall is seen behind them. Engraved on matboard at center front in gold gilt is a small fancy logo of swirls with script in which on gold background reading: F.V. Roehm Eaton Rapids, Mich. A thin white border surrounds print on matboard.
Written on back in blue green ink: Mr. and Mrs. Will Edwards. Will Edwards was P.E. Daley's mother's brother.
Fair condition. Print and matboard have a dark reddish stain at top of print through the print to the lower edge of mat with the entire lower edge showing stains from this liquid. Matboard edges are very worn and soiled with bent and missing pieces at corners. Stains on front are seen on backside. Print has scratches in emulsion throughout, specks of residue, stain and thin black streak.
There are two (2) reprints 3 1/2 x 5 1/8" of original. They appear darker than the original. One of them has a developing flaw of a long white opaque line down part of the man's face.Collection
Photograph Collection