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[Ada Wessendorff as a teenager (about 16 yrs old).]

Description:

Photographic portrait of Ada Wessendorff as a teenager (about 16 yrs old). Wessendorff has her hair pulled back and secured with a large white bow at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a white dress with lace inset over shoulders. Bodice is shirred around shoulders, ending with a round lace band across the shoulders and chest. Shirt is shirred in four levels at the waist, and twice more at thigh level. Wessendorff is holding a bouquet of carnations. Image is mounted is cropped into an oval and mounted on a gray cardboard matte. Image dimensions: 12.0 cm x 20.5 cm. See 1972.093.152 for a duplicate photo on a different style matte.

Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: 1915
Partner(s):
Fort Bend Museum
Collection(s):
Fort Bend Museum Collection
Creator:
Unknown
Original Creation Date: 1915
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas - Fort Bend County - Richmond
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
Date
1915
Description:

Photographic portrait of Ada Wessendorff as a teenager (about 16 yrs old). Wessendorff has her hair pulled back and secured with a large white bow at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a white dress with lace inset over shoulders. Bodice is shirred around shoulders, ending with a round lace band across the shoulders and chest. Shirt is shirred in four levels at the waist, and twice more at thigh level. Wessendorff is holding a bouquet of carnations. Image is mounted is cropped into an oval and mounted on a gray cardboard matte. Image dimensions: 12.0 cm x 20.5 cm. See 1972.093.152 for a duplicate photo on a different style matte.

Physical Description:

Height:34.3 cm, Length/Circumference:21.6 cm, Width/Diameter:

Language: English
Subject(s):
Keyword(s): Ada Wessendorff | Print,Photographic |
Partner:
Fort Bend Museum
Collection:
Fort Bend Museum Collection
Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: 1972.093.142
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth363
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image
Rights:
Access: public

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