Name/Title
Photograph, CabinetEntry/Object ID
1951.162.0380Description
W. L. Evans, member of the last Territorial Assembly, 1890, House of Representatives.
Update - 2009: Black & white print. Studio portrait. Mounted on tan matboard with gilt edge. Head & shoulders portrait of a man dressed in a dark checkered coat - checker patterned small raised squares that are part of the weave of the fabric - white shirt & patterned tie. He has a mustache & short receding hair.
Printed in brown at center bottom mat margin: {Steffens Studio Chicago".
Printed on the back in brown ink: Logo of Squared Shield - feathers in upper left; hand with lightning bolts in lower right & "Steffens" diagonally through center; Owl on top perched on striped oval shape; oak leave stem at right. In ribbon banner under shield: "2249 Cottage Grove Ave". Below banner: "Chicago"
Written in black ink on back: "W. L. Evans Member of Territorial Legislature"
Written in pencil on white label pasted on back: "Evans"
Mounted on acidic matboard. Mat back soiled; slight corner damage; front soiled - dark stain in lower left corner. Image surface badly scratched; soiled with fingerprints..Collection
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