Evans, Christmas (birth and death dates to be determined)
/Roy Crawford’s Portrait Photograph of Christmas 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: Christmas Evans (as identified by a descendant)
Description: In this head-and-shoulders portrait, the man looks slightly up to his left. He is attired in a dark sack jacket with a matching vest. A white handkerchief has been placed in the left pocket of his jacket, and what is most probably a watch chain has been threaded through the top button of this vest. His hair has been combed back away from his face, and he sports a full walrus mustache and long, graying beard.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: According Christmas Evans’s descendant who granted permission to publish a digital copy of this portrait, Christmas Evans was the father of Abel L. Evans of Emporia, Kansas, born January 11, 1879 in Utica, New York.
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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: Handwritten in cursive along the top is, “Grandpa Evans”. Below this in handwritten print is: “Abel Evan’s Father”.
Date: April 1898 - March 1900
Condition: The edges of this portrait have been damaged, and there are water stains along the top and right edges.
Owner: Private Collector, digital copy by permission
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