Unidentified Woman 1999-X-07
/Lafayette F. Sheppard’s Portrait Photograph of an Unidentified Woman
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
LAFAYETTE F. SHEPPARD was born in 1852 in Ohio and died in 1940 in Inglewood, California. He established his photographic gallery in Petaluma in February of 1886, “in the rooms formerly occupied by Lewis Dowe”. It was located at 59 1/2 Main Street next door to the First National Bank Building. Sheppard continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma at least through June of 1891. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Unknown
Description: Cabinet card an unidentified woman's bust. The woman has short curly bangs and the rest of her hair is pulled back. She is wearing what appears to be a silk dress with pleating down the chest and on the sleeves. There is a flower brooch pinned at the base of her neck, and she is wearing a choker necklace. The photographer, Lafayette Sheppard, was only in Petaluma for one year in 1888.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
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Description, back: the back of this cabinet card is blank
Date: February 1886 - 1891
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Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1999-X-07
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