Family Portrait

Photograph

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Picnooga

Name/Title

Family Portrait

Entry/Object ID

2022.029.002

Description

Black and white studio CDV of a man, and women with two young women. The man is sitting on the back of a chair with his feet on the chair seat. He is wearing a dark, three-piece suit, white shirt, and tie. There is a watch fob going from his vest button to vest pocket. He has a receding hairline. His bowler hat is resting on his right foot. The woman stands next to the man, with a younger woman to her right. Another young woman is sitting in a chair next to the man. The three women are dressed in long, full skirts and tight fitted bodices made of a heavy-weight material. The bodices have tight sleeves, closely spaced buttons running down the front, and short collars with ruffles. The two women standing are wearing hats with feather embellishments. The woman sitting is not wearing a hat and her skirts are windowpane plaid. On the floor is a striped rug and the studio backdrop suggests foliage in an enclosed garden. At the bottom, on the matboard, it says “Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn.”

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Subject Person or Organization

Unknown

Collection

Portrait Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Smith Studio

Date made

circa 1890

Copyright

Restrictions

Credit Chattanooga Historical Society Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only