Evans, Mary or Sarah (birth and death dates to be determined)
/Roy Crawford’s Portrait Photograph of Mary or Sarah Evans
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
ROY CRAWFORD worked as a portrait photographer in Petaluma between April 1898 and March 1900. (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: Mary or Sarah Evans (as identified by a descendant)
Description: In this frontal, head-and-shoulders portrait, the woman looks slightly up to her right. Her light-colored hair has been combed into a high pompadour above her forehead, while the hair at the sides of her face has been combed back tightly above her ears. She wears a dark blouse with a high banded collar and soutache trim. Small, round earnings adorn her earlobes, and a brooch with two circles is fastened to the collar of her blouse. The ornament pinned to her right shoulder may be a pince-nez, a style of eyeglasses popular at the turn of the century.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: According to the descendant who granted permission to publish a digital copy of this portrait, the woman portrayed is either the first or second wife of Christmas Evans. Abel L. Evans of Emporia Kansas, born January 11, 1879 in Utica, New York was the son of Christmas Evans.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: 11” x 8 1/2”
Medium: matte collodion print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This is a standard, frontal, head-and-shoulders portrait with a thin ecru boarder mounted on a light-brown, textured card.
Description, back: The back side of this portrait contains genealogical information which appears to have been written and subsequently corrected. Handwritten in cursive along the top is, “Grandma Evans”. Below this in handwritten print is: “Abel Evans Mother Wife” (“Mother” has been circled and “Mother and “wife” have been struck through); “Barbara Payne’s Great Grandmother” (“Great has been circled and struck through); “Peggy Madda (Bollow’s) Great, Great Grandmother” (the first “Great” has been circled and struck through); and “Joe Madda (Peggy’s son) Great, Great, Great, Grandmother” ( the first “Great” has been circled and struck through).
Date: April 1898 - March 1900
Condition: The edges of this portrait have been damaged, and there is a water stain on the top half.
Owner: Private Collector, digital copy by permission
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