A cabinet card studio portrait of Nell Baker, Los Angeles, ca. 1890s.
Entry/Object ID
2013.379.1.3
Description
A cabinet card studio portrait of Nell Baker, George Steckel, Los Angeles, ca. 1890s. The head and upper torso shot shows the woman, probably in her thirties, with her hair pulled up to a bun, wearing drop earrings and having on a light-colored dress with large puffed sleeves, black beaded embroidery on the front and a high collar with white and black horizontal lines. The subject's name is in pencil on the reverse with Steckel's extensive printed cartouche. With very small stains, soiling on the upper left, abrasions, nad soiling to the matte, the condition is good overall.
