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Marion Culver ; West-Winsted ; Conn

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Description
A full-length studio portrait of Marion Culver, a young girl from West Winsted, Connecticut, turned slightly to the right. She is sitting on a cloth-draped table with her feet resing on the woven seat of a chair, and her right hand resting on the back of the chair. Marion is a young girl, probably in the range of 3 to 6 years old, and is wearing a light colored, knee-length dress with small cap sleeves and an embroidered belt. She is wearing black leather shoes with a strap across the a beaded necklace, and is holding a wide-brimmed hat in her left hand. "Photographs, stereoscopes, albums, frames &c., Opposite the Clarke House. Winsted, Conn. T.M.V. Doughty. More like this can be had if desired." is stamped in black on the verso.
Type
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Production date
1861-1908.
Call number
HM 77753
Creator
Graybill, Levi S (1841 or 1842-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Amelia Kneass, July 1958.
Gift of Nora A. Vignolli, January 1993.
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