Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1950.108.0001Description
Mr. and Mrs. Boney Earnest, 1907 and one copy.
Update 2009: Black and white studio print of Boney and Martha Earnest encased in a folding tan matboard frame. Frame is foldable similar to an envelope with open sides. Print shows Boney seated in an ornate wooden chair. He wears a dark three piece suit with watch fob on vest, patterned tie, and light shirt. He is resting a light color high crown hat ho his right leg with his right hand holding onto prim edge. Boney as a bald head and gray goatee beard and mustache. His dark haired wife is standing at his side. She wears a long dark skirt and log puffy sleeved white blouse with cuffs. She has her hair in an updo with ribbon on top. She wears wire rim glasses and has a watch chain necklace with chain end placed in pocket on skirt front. She has rings on three fingers of her left hand. Engraved at bottom of inside mat is tiny print photo by Sol Young New York. Open photo and mat measures 13 3/4 x 9.
Written on back of tan matboard in blue ink: Mr. and Mrs. Boney Earnest, Alcova, Wyo. Closed folder has decorative embossed design in center of backside.
Mat slightly worn on edges and folds. Inside mat is slightly scratches and outer mat is smudged and lightly soiled.
There is a 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 black and white copy print of original. Written on back of this print in black ink: Bony and Mrs. Earnest. Good condition with minor soiling. Single black dot on backside, side right.Collection
Photograph Collection