A cabinet card studio portrait of Adele Dorothy Lauth, George N. Dewey, Los Angeles, ca. 1887.
Entry/Object ID
2013.380.1.2
Description
A cabinet card studio portrait of Adele Dorothy Lauth, George N. Dewey, Los Angeles, ca. 1887. The full-length image shows the child wearing a gingham patterned skirt and jacket, a solid print vest, a bow at the front, and am embroidered collar. There is a row of three horizontal, ruffled pleats on her skirt. She holds the tip of an umbrella with the handle at the ground with her left hand. A textile-covered tall side table is at the left on which rests her right hand and on which appears to be a hat To the right is an armchair. Her name is in pencil on the reverse with an inscription in German giving her age as 8 1/2 years. Lauth was the daughter of Adele Harbeck (see item .1 of the accession) and Philip Lauth, the latter a Los Angeles brewer before his 1886 death. Adele Dorothy later became a piano teacher. With some soiling, abrasions, and some fading, the condition is good.
