A cartes de visite, studio portrait of a woman, Valentine Wolfenstein, Los Angeles, ca. 1870s

Photograph

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

A cartes de visite, studio portrait of a woman, Valentine Wolfenstein, Los Angeles, ca. 1870s

Entry/Object ID

2016.59.1.1

Description

A cartes de visite, studio portrait of a woman, photo by Valentine Wolfenstein, Los Angeles, ca. 1870s. The middle aged woman wears a dark colored dress buttoned to the top with a cameo brooch at the center of the collar. Her hair is parted in the middle and braided into a bun in the back of her head. The photograph includes the photographer's name on the back of the card. With moderate fading and overall fading, the object is in fair condition.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)