Armstrong, Gladys Louise (1894-1905) (1 of 3)
/Roy Crawford’s Portrait Photograph of Gladys Louise Armstrong
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: Gladys Armstrong
Description: This is a portrait of Gladys Armstrong as a toddler playing a xylophone which is set on a narrow table in front of her. It appears she may be holding the balls of the mallets in her hands. She is dressed in a white lace blouse and has light, curly, center-parted hair. She gazes directly into the camera lens.
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: matte collodion print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This cabinet card portrait is framed in a grey mat with a white, inner boarder, and the photographer’s imprint appears in black along the bottom edge.
Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is blank or contains only an accession number.
Date: 1898 - 1900
Condition: This cabinet card is in good condition.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-03-p8-p3, Church Family Album
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