Dado, Claudina Lucia Bloom (1879 -1902) (2 of 2)
/J. B. MONACO’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF ATTILIO ANTHONY DADO & CLAUDINA LUCIA BLOOM DADO
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO
Photographer: Giovanni Batista (J. B.) Monaco
Photographic Studio: Monaco Photo Studio, 702 Market Street, San Francisco, California
Biographical Note: Giovanni Batista (J. B.) Monaco (1856-1938), a Swiss-Italian immigrant, was a famous San Francisco photographer known as the “Dean of North Beach” and for his documentation of the 1906 earthquake. https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=J.B._Monaco:_The_Dean_of_North_Beach_Photographers
THE SITTERS:
Names: Attilio Antonio Dado (1876-1923) and Claudina Lucia Bloom Dado (1879-1902)
Description: This cabinet card is a wedding portrait of Claudina Lucia Bloom Dado and Attilio Antonio Dado. Claudina wears an elaborate “Gibson Girl Blouse” typical of the turn-of-the-century. Made of white cotton, it is detailed with extensive pleating and adorned with white pearls. Over this blouse she wears a white bolero jacket with pleated sleeves and wide soutache embroidery edging. The clothing she wears in this portrait was donated to the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, accession ID# 1985-613-01. Her casual updo coiffure is also typical of the “Gibson Girl” style. Attilio wears a three-piece suit with a white tie and button-up shirt. He has a heavy handlebar moustache and carefully groomed hair.
Biographical Note: Claudina attended Chileno Valley School. She was married on August 21, 1901 and died on September 11, 1902 giving birth to her only chid, Genevieve Claudina Dado Ricioli (1902-1954).
Family Affiliation: Claudina Lucia Bloom Dada was the daughter of James Battista Bloom (1842-1893) and Lucia Maria Fiori Bloom (1850-1931), residents of Chileno Valley, and she was the wife of Attileo Anthony Dado (1876-1923) of Tomales.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 21 x 17 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: The portrait is bordered by a small, light-grey, matte and followed with a larger, dark-grey, textured matte. The photographer’s imprint is embossed along the bottom of the matte.
Description, back: Handwritten in black ink in the upper right is: “Attilio Dado” and “Claudina Bloom”.
Date: 1901
Condition: The edges of this cabinet card have been slightly damaged, and there are white spots on Claudina’s chin and the right side of her face.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1985-613-03
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