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Measurements:
overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm
Object Name:
stereographs
ad lit
Brochures
postage stamps
envelopes
sales catalogs
picture postcards
picture postcard
Date made:
1909
Description:
This is a color postcard with a written message that has been addressed and mailed. The image depicts a studio portrait session of lady in fancy dress. The photographer is using a large format camera and is adjusting the woman's pose. The woman is holding a purse in her left hand and is wearing a large hat.
Text at the bottom of the front of the postcard reads: Now lady quite still and I'll take you like that, But perhaps you had better take off that big hat.
The postmark indicates that the postcard was mailed from Roaring Springs, Pennsylvania in February 1909 at 4:00 pm. The back of the postcard contains a green one cent Franklin postage stamp. The handwritten address and message on the back of the postcard have been scribbled out with blue ink.
Text on the back of the postcard reads: Th. E. L. Theochrom Serie No 1095
"Theochrom" was the trade name for the printing process.
Maker Theodore Eismann, Leipzig
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Portraits  Search this
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Credit Line:
Wayne Hill Photographica Collection
ID Number:
2016.0066.071
Accession number:
2016.0066
Catalog number:
2016.0066.0071
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Work and Industry: Photographic History
Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-4a76-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1806433