Parker family living room decorated for Helen Parker’s Coming Out Party
SubjectPortrait of
John Dwight Parker
American, 1850 - 1919
SubjectPossibly portrait of
Helen Parker
American, 1883 - 1980
SubjectPossibly portrait of
Caroline Parker Smith
American, 1897 - 1938
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 7/16 × 8 3/8in. (16.4 × 21.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Laura Harding Brewer and Kate Cheney Chappell
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Parker family living room decorated for Helen Parker’s coming out party. John Dwight Parker and either Helen Parker or Caroline Goodwin Parker are pictured. The bookcases, fireplace, and mantle are decorated with flowers.
Object number2022.38.22
InscribedHandwritten in red ink on back: "Helen Wayne's [crossed out] Parker's coming out party / picture over mantle is Helen Fulton wife of John Churchill Parker / mother of John Dwight Parker / note snowshoe which was one used by John D. Parker when he went out of / the 2nd story window to get milk for his children after the storm of 1888 / Grandfather John D. Parker and Caroline Goodwin Parker / The other picture now owned by Caroline Goodwin Read Harding painted by / grandmother Caroline Goodwin Parker 1886"Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
Caroline Parker Smith
May Clement Parker
Caroline Parker Smith
c. 1920-1926
John Dwight Parker