Portraits

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  • Graphic representations, especially of the face, of real persons, usually posed, living or dead. Pictures whose purpose is the portrayal of an individual or several people, not pictures that merely include people as part of an event or scene.

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  • Library of Congress

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2193 Archival Description results for Portraits

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Photograph of Dorothy Johnston Killam

File contains two copies of a photographic portrait of Dorothy Johnston Killam. The portrait shows Killam sitting in a chair and wearing a black dress and jewelry. She is sitting in front of large fern and there is a portrait of a man (or possibly an actual man) behind the fern.

Photograph of Mr. J.S. Mitchell

Item is a portrait photograph of Mr. J.S. Mitchell, looking to the side, bust. Glass plate labelled as "rice photo: #5965". James Spencer Mitchell was born Jaunary 10, 1861, the son of James Mitchell and Mary Jackson. He was married first to Mary Cunningham and later to Mary Catherine McIntosh. Mitchell died February 24, 1952.

Photograph of Florance McDougall

Item consists of a dry plate glass photonegative portrait photograph of Florance McDougall standing, 3/4 pose, taken by Waldren Studios in 1893. "She is holding on to a stand. On the top of the stand a piece of string drops to her mid-thigh where it is attached to a photograph". On envelope, her name is spelled "Florence".

Photograph of Mr. Bentham

Item consists of a portrait photograph of Mr. Bentham seated, bust, taken in August 1893 at Waldren Studios. ["Mr. B's cap suggests that he may have been associated with the merchant navy".]
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