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

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.

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E. R. Healy Ground Floor Studio’s Portrait Photograph of Gladys Louise Armstrong

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THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

EDWIN RUTHVEN HEALY (1856-1923) and ADA “ADDIE” GOSSAGE HEALY (1860-1923). Edwin and Ada Healy were a married couple, and both were listed in California directories as a photographer. It has been assumed they worked together; however, ascertaining their division of labor is problematic. The “E. R. Healy Gound Floor Gallery” was opened in 1896 at 816 Main Street, Petaluma, California. It was later relocated to 818 Main Street and sold in June, 1905. In 1906 the Healys moved to Berkeley, California. (To view all portraits in this collection taken at the E. R. Healy Ground Floor Gallery and for additional information on Edwin and Ada Healy, click on their names in blue above.)

THE SITTER:

Name: Gladys Armstrong

Description: This is a portrait of Armstrong as a young girl. She has very long hair parted on her left, and she wears a white lace, high-necked blouse and a large, white, ribbon over her right ear. Her gaze is focused slightly down and to her right with a hint of a smile.

Biographical Note: Gladys Armstrong died at the age of eleven from complications of an appendectomy; consequently, this portrait was undoubtedly taken at the end of her life.

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:

Medium: matte collodion print with oval mount

Description, front: This is a head-and-shoulders cabinet card portrait which has been surrounded within a black, decorative, vertical, oval cartouche. The mat is dark-grey and has been cut roughly around its outer edges. The photographer’s imprint appears diagonally on the bottom right printed in white ink. The name of the photographer, “Healy” is in elegant cursive and is followed by an elaborate flourish. “Ground Floor Studio, Petaluma, CA” appears below but is printed in all capital letters.

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

Date: 1904-1905

Condition: Good except for roughly cut outer edges

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-03-p10-p5, Church Family Album

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.

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Roy Crawford’s Portrait Photograph of Gladys Louise Armstrong

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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

Reproduction rights: The Petaluma Museum Association makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to the digitized images here reproduced.  These images are intended for personal or research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Association. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use.