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Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.13  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical S ...
Phebe Rasher, Wearing Bandana
Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011.344.13 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Phebe Rasher, Wearing Bandana

Photographer (American, 1843 - 1926)
Dateabout 1900
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 x 4 11/16in. (17.8 x 11.9cm) Plate (height x width): 7 x 5in. (17.8 x 12.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation
Object number2011.344.13
DescriptionPortrait of African-American woman, wearing an apron. She has a bandana on her head, and her hands are folded in her lap.
NotesSubject Note: Okeetee Club, incorporated in 1894 and possibly designed by the New York, N.Y. architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, was founded as a hunting club in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Jonathan Thorne, Jr., Harriet V.S. Thorne's husband, was a co-founder and is listed as having been present during the years of 1895-1897, 1899-1907, 1909 and 1914. It is unclear whether Harriet was in attendance with her husband.

From Rollie Thorne McKenna's correspondence with Leland M. Roth, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Oregon and Gay Attaway, 1979.
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