Laundress and Porch at Bailly Homestead

Name/Title

Laundress and Porch at Bailly Homestead

Entry/Object ID

2015.65.7

Description

Sepia photograph of the porch at the Bailly homestead, featuring Amanda, the laundress. Photograph is mounted on cardboard and has an annotation handwritten by Frances Howe on its back.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Johnson, Amanda Christina

Subject Place

Location

Bailly Homestead

Town

Porter, IN [Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States]

County

Porter County, IN

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Township

Westchester Township [Porter County : Indiana : United States : North America]

Acquisition

Accession

2015.65

Source or Donor

Found in Collection

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1891 - 1914

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Back of photograph

Transcription

No. 7 The back porch from the north end looking south. The brick building is the kitchen, the porch is used to dry clothes and as an appendage to the kitchen. You see the little balcony just like the one over the front porch, and under it stands Amanda, monarch of all she surveys. That part of the porch outside of the pillars on the left of the picture has been added since our return from Europe, likewise the brick house. On each side of the kitchen door are niches for St. Joseph and the B. Virgin. In the gable there is a crucifix. The steps lead down to the pavement in front of the Chapel which faces the same way as the kitchen.

Exhibition

From a Bailly Point of View