Family Group on Steps
Dateabout 1895
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPlate (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 number2011.344.17
Markings"18" on sticker on plastic bag housing negativeInscribedGlass side, bottom right: "18" (circled) in white grease pencilNotesSubject 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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