Name/Title
Helena MetzEntry/Object ID
1996.08.095Description
One (1) sepia toned black and white photographic print attached to a tan cardboard frame. Image of "Helena Metz, Grandma Raupp friend, Mary K.", according to handwritten text on back. The woman is learning with her arms resting against a chair with a embroidered blanket over it. She is wearing a dark colored skirt with ruffles in the back and a black top, buttoned all the way in the front with decorative buttons. She has a cross necklace. Her hair is pulled back and curly in the front. There are Greek style columns in the back behind her on her left. The frame has "Cabinet Portrait, Ames & Co. Chicago" on the front, and "Ames & Co. Photo Art Atudios 212 & 214 State Street 3035 Indiana Ave. Chicago, Crayon, India Ink and Water Color Portraits Specialty" written on the back with a pot with flowers, bird, and butterfly decorative design.
Per "Chicago Photographers 1847 - 1900, As Listed in Chicago City Directories, Chicago Historical Society, 1958", Arthur E Ames had a photography studio at the 2 listed addresses on the back of this card in 1885.Made/Created
Date made
circa 1885Place
Location
Ames & Co. Photo Art Studios, 212 and 214 State Street, 3035 Indiana Ave, ChicagoRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Metz, Helena