Woman #4 in Graduation Dress

circa 1900

photograph by Bert Studio

Kansas City, Missouri

image size 4 w x 6 h inches

folder size 4 5/8 w x 10 1/2 h inches

collected in Oakhurst, California, 2001

Good condition.

Crease on left side of photo along edge of matt. The image is spot glued into its original protective cardboard folder with embossed relief Art Nouveau design.  Folder is in fair condition with some damage from age.

 

Price 30.00

The subject in this photo stands with bouquet and diploma in front of a sylvan backdrop.  She is wearing a classic period dress, tie-up boots, and a glorious hair ribbon.  Her wan expression gives the image an evocative sense of melancholy.