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.
