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Mrs. Benjamin Davis Wilson

Description: A three-quarters length studio portrait of Margaret S. Hereford Wilson seated and turned slightly to the left. She is wearing a black dress with a long line of black buttons down the front and a black lace bow at her throat. Her hair is pulled back and mostly covered by white fabric. She is seated on a wooden chair with beige padding on the seat, back, and arms. The photograph is been hand-tinted so that her skin is beige, her lips red, and her cheeks pink, and the chair as been tinted brown and beige.
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Call number: photCL 283 (12)
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Mrs. Benjamin Davis Wilson

Visual Materials

A bust-length studio portrait of Margaret S. Hereford Wilson with her body turned very slightly to the left. She is wearing wire-frame glasses, a dark dress decorated with a great deal of lace, a large dark ribbon tied into a bow at her neck, and a dark hat that covers most of her gray hair.

photCL 283 (13)

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Maria de Jesus Shorb

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A three-quarters length studio portrait of Maria de Jesus Shorb, seated in a wooden chair turned partially to the left. She is wearing a floor-length black coat with embroidery on the shoulders, collar, and cuffs, and a fluffy, black hat on her gray hair with long ribbons trailing in the back. She has a long black bow at her throat, a simple ring on each of her ring fingers, is wearing small frame-less glasses, and is holding her black purse in her lap.

photCL 283 (27)

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Annie Wilson

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A full-length photographic studio portrait of Annie Wilson, seated on a "stone" bench, with her cheek resting against her right hand, and her right elbow on the arm of the bench. She is wearing a long, light colored (silk?) dress, with lace at the neck and sleeves and floral accents on the bodice and the lower half of the skirt. She is looking down at an open book held in her left hand.

photCL 283 (50)

Ruth Wilson Patton

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A bust length studio portrait of Ruth Wilson Patton with her body turned very slightly to the right and her head turned slightly to the left. She is wearing a black, lace-lined sleeveless top or dress which is held together at the front with a small, decorative stick pin. Her hair is pulled back, with a short fringe at the front.

photCL 283 (56)

Ann Wilson

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A full-length studio portrait of Annie Wilson (1858-1931), standing with her body turned very slightly to the left, her head turned partially to the right, and her arms folded across her chest. She is wearing a dress with a checked pattern, buttons along the left side of the bodice, dark bows down the center of her skirt, and dark fringe and ruffles at the bottom of her skirt. Part of a heavy wooden chair is visible on the left.

photCL 283 (40)

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Ruth Wilson Patton

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A bust-length, oval-shaped studio portrait of Ruth Wilson Patton with her head turned partially to the right. She is wearing a plain, dark dress with some kind of decoration at the collar, and has her hair pulled back behind her head.

photCL 283 (52)

Mrs. Benjamin Davis Wilson

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