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Family Group on Steps of House

Dateabout 1895

MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 11/16 x 7in. (11.9 x 17.8cm)
Plate (height x width): 5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm)

Credit LineGift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation

DescriptionPortrait of five women, a man and a child seated on the steps of a house. The women are all wearing dresses and have their haired piled on top of their heads, the man is wearing a suit and bow tie, and the child appears to be wearing a gown.

Object number2011.344.16

Markings"17" on sticker on plastic bag housing negativeNotesSubject Note: People are tentatively identified as follows:
Back row, center: "Aunt Margaret," who became Mrs. Richard Tjader
Middle left: "Aunt Phebe," Mrs. Edwin Thorne. The house in the image is possibly Thorncrest, called "The Crest" by the family, in Millbrook, N.Y.

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