Dent sisters 19

Photograph

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Dent sisters 19

Name/Title

Dent sisters 19

Entry/Object ID

2013.007.0047

Description

3 1/2"h x 4 3/8"w color photo, taken in August 1978 at Fannie Jo's 90th birthday party. The photo was printed on the verso to be a postcard. There was a cake with chocolate icing in the middle of an elegant table. Miss Fannie was attacking the cake with a large knife. Guests included, left to right, Sis Blackistone, Fannie Jo Dent, Eleanor Dent, and Lettie Marshall Dent Gough. There were other guests, but their faces were not visible. Miss Fannie had on a gray, white, black, brown and gold patterned dress. Mrs. Blackistone wore a sleeveless red dress and Eleanor Dent had on an aqua dress. Miss Lettie had on a blue and yellow patterned blouse and a light denim skirt. There was a light olive colored corner cupboard in the background, light colored draperies and a framed embroidery on the wall. ************************************ Text on verso: in black ink "Sis Blackistone Fannie Jo 90th birthday Eleanor Dent Lettie Dent Gough" all the printing to make the photo a postcard was in green ink, including a date of Sept. 1978

Collection

Dent Family Collection Addendum

Made/Created

Date made

August 1978

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Print Size: 3 1/2" x 4 3/8"

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Blackistone, Katherine Porter

Person or Organization

Dent, Eleanor

Person or Organization

Dent, Frances Joseph (1886-1987)

Person or Organization

Gough, Lettie Marshall Dent (1894-1982)