Untitled
April 1914
A small gelatin silver postcard portrait from April 1914 that records an individual's posed likeness with quiet dignity.
Her steady, direct gaze and the careful placement of her hands on a worn wooden prop—set against a softly lit, slightly scuffed backdrop—create an intimate, resilient presence that draws you in.
As a vernacular studio portrait, it shows how early 20th‑century commercial photography made personal likenesses portable and preserved everyday lives and identities often absent from formal archives.
Medium
Gelatin silver print (postcard)
Dimensions
5 3/16 × 2 3/4" (13.1 × 7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Peter J. Cohen
Accession
545.2019
Palette
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