Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1948.040.0101Description
Photo of Dave and Willard Rusk.
Update - January 2010: 2 original sepia prints. Studio portrait. Mounted on tan matboard with patterned border & "frame" around image. Full length portrait of two young boys in identical dark woolly winter outfits with mittens & hats. They are standing on either side of the corner of a table covered by a tasseled throw. Fur on floor beneath feet. Painted backdrop behind. Wood chair in midground at right.
1. Written on back: [pencil] "Dave and Willard Rusk" [black ink] "Born in Rawlins Wyo" "Dave & Willard Rusk".
Mounted on acidic matboard. Double sided tape on back - surface missing in large areas. Slight corner damage. Mat front soiled. Image surface scratched & soiled.
2. Written in black ink on lower mat margin: "Dave willard".
Written on back: [black ink] "Willard Taken on Dec. 20 1896 3 & 4 yrs Rawlins Wyo" [blue ink] "Rusk children Willard and Dave" [pencil on white adhesive label pasted to back] "Rusk".
Mounted on acidic matboard. Back soiled with dark fingerprints. Corner damage. Adhesive & paper residue along corner mat margin & top center mat edge. Mat front & image surface soiled; emulsion scratched. Mat warped.Collection
Photograph Collection