Portrait of woman and young girl posed outdoors reading, from the Saltonstall family, Milton, Mass., ARB-046

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1898-1909

GUSN

GUSN-374060

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Description

The image shows a woman and a young girl from the Saltonstall family seated outdoors, both focused on a book they are reading together. The woman, wearing a dress with pleated detailing, and the girl, dressed in a lighter dress with a large bow in her hair, are seated on grass with a flowering bush in the background.

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Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
girls
group portraits
reading
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP003914
Brown negative ARB-046

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC018

Collection Name

Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

Reference Code

PC018.1.1.5.ARB-046

Places

Milton (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Alice Augusta Rogerson, 1851-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Subjects

Women
Portrait

Description Level

Item

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