Portrait of Myrtle Brown Blassing

Title

Portrait of Myrtle Brown Blassing

Description

Sepia-toned portrait of a young girl in a short suit dress standing with one arm on a covered table. She wears a knee-length pleated skirt with a jacket and a buttoned vest beneath a broad lace collar, all with matching ribbon trim. Her hair is long, pulled back on top and draped over her shoulder. She wears bracelets on both wrists, black stockings, and button up shoes. Myrtle Brown later married August Blassing and lived with her husband in Washington County for approximately forty years.
[front] [stamped] McAdams, Webster City, Iowa. [back] Myrtle Brown Blassing.

Date Created

circa 1885-1895

Medium

cabinet photographs

Language

English

Identifier

WCMpic_013413

Rights

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Type

Still Image

Collection