Object ID:
2001.145
Title:
Carte de visite of Jennie Fletcher, a blind woman
Photographer:
J.M. Hoag, photographer
Place:
Adrian, MI
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
Sepia-toned photo mounted on card stock with a gilt border. Portrait of a woman wearing dark eyeglasses. She has dark hair, worn up with heavy curled locks hanging on her shoulder. The neckline of her dress has a lace collar fastened with a small brooch. Her cheeks are tinted pink. "Jennifer Fletcher" is handwritten in pencil beneath the portrait. On the back, in gold letters, is printed "From J. M. Hoag's Rooms, Opposite Lawrence Hotel, Maumee Street, Adrian Mich. Photographs nicely finished in India Ink." Faded; yellowing. Cartes de visite were popular during the Civil War era.
Medium:
Card stock, paper
Print Size:
4 x 2 1/2 in.
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Jennie Fletcher, a blind woman
Jennie Fletcher, a blind woman