A cabinet card studio portrait of Clara Hughes, James B. Blanchard, Los Angeles, ca. 1890s
Entry/Object ID
2012.687.1.1
Description
A cabinet card studio portrait of Clara Hughes, James B. Blanchard, Los Angeles, ca. 1890s. The nearly full-length image shows the subject leaning against the back of a wicker chair with her right hand resting on her right cheek. She has her hair pulled up and piled on top and wears a white dress with puffed sleeves and a black collar with ribbons on the side. On the reverse is an inscription with her name and address as 127 Temple Street. There was a Clara Hughes, born in 1859, who, with her husband, was involved at a Los Angeles ostrich farm. Clara performed work involving the bird feathers, this could be her. With adhesive residue on the reverse, minor soiling, and abrasions, the condition is good.
