Armstrong, Gladys Louise (1894-1905) (2 of 3)

Henry KEMP VAN EE’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF GLADYS Louise ARMSTRONG

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THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

Photographer:  Henry Kemp Van Ee (1853-1934)

Studio Location: 410 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, California

THE SITTER:

Name: Gladys Armstrong

Description: Gladys as a young girl sits in a wicker chair looking coyly to her right with her hands in her lap and her feet posed on the chair’s bottom rung. She wears a white linen dress with large flounces at the should and large cuffs. Her hair is neatly arranged in large sausage curls, and parted in the center with bows on either side.

Biographical Note: Gladys Armstrong died at the age of eleven from complications of an appendectomy.

Family Affiliation: Gladys Armstrong was the daughter of George J. Armstrong and Maybelle Church Armstrong and sister to Harry George Armstrong and Samuel Walter Armstrong.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card

Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: The edges of this card are pinked and the photographer’s imprint appears along the bottom.

Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is blank or contains only an accession number.

Date: between 1894 and 1905

Condition: This card is in good condition.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-03-P9-p4, Church Family Album

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