Eye of the Beholder : Images of People with Vision Loss in the Nineteenth Century
Object ID:
2003.149
Title:
Cabinet card, Girl wearing dark eyeglasses
Photographer:
Clemens, photographer
Place:
Sioux Falls, SD
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Black and white photograph is mounted on a white card embossed with a decorative design. Back of card is gray. Photo shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young girl wearing dark eyeglasses. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back with a bow at the nape of her neck. Her dress has a high neck and pleated yoke with velvet and satin trim. "Mary with her dark glasses on" is handwritten in pencil beneath the photo. "Clemens, Sioux Falls, S.D." is impressed on the front of the card, at bottom right. "Cousin of Bill L Wilson" is handwritten in pencil on the back. Slight foxing on front left side of card.
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Print Size:
7 3/8 x 5 in. card ; 4 x 2 3/4 in.
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