AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN AND WOMAN ON PORCH STEPS

Photograph

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN AND WOMAN ON PORCH STEPS

Entry/Object ID

96.7.69.5

Description

Color: Black; White A black and white photograph of an unidentified man and woman on porch steps, ca. 1933. Both stand near the abutment with the man at the left, one step above the woman. He wears a tie and a three-piece suit. His right hand is in the suit's jacket pocket and his left arm is around the woman's shoulders. The woman wears a long flowered dress with a belt. She leans on the abutment with her left hand and has the right arm behind the man. A porch is at the left of the background in the shadows. At the right of the background is a tree. On the back is a blue stamp for Anderson Photo Service in El Monte and the number "6." The image was housed in Agnes Temple's photo 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. The artifact is in good condition with only the top right corner dented. Number-Units: 1

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LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Dwellings, Porches

Search Terms

Two-dimensional, Photographs, Anderson Photo Service, Clothing and dress, Steps

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Photographs