AGNES TEMPLE AND LUIS FATJO IN AN ARENA

Photograph

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

AGNES TEMPLE AND LUIS FATJO IN AN ARENA

Entry/Object ID

96.7.46.2

Description

Color: Black; White RPPC - A black and white postcard of Agnes Temple and Luis Fatjo in an arena, ca. 1930. The couple sits at the bottom of the center with Temple closest to the camera. She wears a hat and a long coat which has fur at the collar and wrists. She rests both hands on her lap with the left over the right. Fatjo is to the right and he wears a hat, a long coat which is buttoned up to the neck, and gloves. He has his left hand on a short wall which is at the right and holds a lit cigar between the left fingers. Both look and grin at the camera. On the edge of the wall is a camera with a strap. Many people sit and walk in the grandstands which are at the back, including a man who wears a derby and sits near Fatjo, and a policeman with a tall hat at the far left. At the top of the back are th words, "POST CARD / CARTE POSTALE / Communication-Correspondence / Addrss-Addresse." At the top right corner is a square box within which at the top and bottom are the words, "STAMP / HERE." Between this is a design composed with the letters, "L T O K." The postcard was housed in Temple's album which is item 96.7.94.1 along with many other photographs which span 96.7.1.1-.93.1. Contact sheets 2000.159.1.1-.8 show the original positioning of the images within the album. With water damage; stains; tearing on the surface; and creases; the artifact is in poor condition.

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Two-dimensional, Postcards, Clothing and dress

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Object Name

Postcards