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Mrs. Benjamin Davis Wilson



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  • Mrs. Benjamin Davis Wilson

    Mrs. Benjamin Davis Wilson

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    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.

    photCL 283 (12)

  • Maria de Jesus Wilson

    Maria de Jesus Wilson

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    A full-length studio portrait of Maria de Jesus ("Sue") Wilson (later Shorb), with her body turned to the left and her head turned partially to the left. She is wearing a dark dress with a bustle, small train, bows up the side of the skirt, a large bow at the throat, and long sleeves with white lace sticking out at the cuffs. Her hair is parted in the center and pulled up into a dark hat, and she holds a dark umbrella in her gloved right hand. The background behind her is an illustrated scene with a railing leading downward, the sea in the distance, and the sun or moon in the upper left.

    photCL 283 (19)

  • George Hugh Smith with grandchildren, Catalina Island, 1902

    George Hugh Smith with grandchildren, Catalina Island, 1902

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    George H. Smith sits on the steps of a porch with his granddaughter on his right and his grandson on his left. He is holding a book in his left hand and a cigar in his right. Smith is wearing a dark coat and vest, a white shirt, a dark bow tie, pinstriped pants, a white hat with a dark band, and wire-rimmed glasses, and he has a wide, gray mustache. His granddaughter has chin-length dark hair and is wearing a white dress with a frilly top, tall dark socks, and a straw hat with a big, dark bow. His grandson is wearing a white sailor outfit, tall dark socks, and a wide-brimmed straw hat.

    photCL 282 (283)

  • John Bernardo Wilson

    John Bernardo Wilson

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    A bust-length, oval-shaped studio portrait of John Bernardo Wilson as a young man, with him turned partially to the left. Wilson is clean-shaven, with his dark hair parted on the left side of his head. He is wearing a dark coat with a white shirt and black bow tie.

    photCL 283 (33b)

  • Ramona Yorba Shorb

    Ramona Yorba Shorb

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    A neck-length studio portrait of Ramona Yorba Shorb, with her head turned very slightly to the right. She has dark eyes and curly dark hair, which is either pulled back or cut short.

    photCL 283 (136 e)

  • John Bernardo Wilson

    John Bernardo Wilson

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    A chest-length studio portrait of John "Johnny" Bernardo Wilson as a young man, with him turned partially to the left. Wilson is clean-shaven, with his dark hair parted on the left side of his head. He is wearing a medium-colored coat and overcoat, with a white shirt and black bow tie.

    photCL 283 (32)