Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1989.595.0009Description
Ada Riford (Hootman) and James Riford, brother.
Update 2/2010: Black and white print. Studio portrait. Oval. Mounted on grey matboard with darker grey elaborately decorated oval "Frame" around image. Half length portrait of a young woman and boy. Painted back drop behind. Woman is wearing a medium color dress with darker velvet accents and tucked bodice front; she is wearing a single strand of pearls and has her hair pinned up with a large bow. Boy is wearing a dark suit coat, light patterned shirt and light colored bow tie. Engraved in lower right of mat front: " The Ferris Studio."
Written on back in pencil: "Ada Reford (Hootman) brother, Roy Reford (Roy crossed out and replaced in blue ink by James.)"
Mounted on acidic matboard. Back soiled. Corner damage. Mat front soiled. Image surface scratched. Dark areas silvering. Lower right corner of mat cracked.Collection
Photograph Collection