Unidentified young African American woman, in elaborate top with puffed shoulders and large flared lapels, seated in ornate chair , 1890s-1905

Containers:
Box 3, Image RL.11785-P-0304
Physical description:
16 1/2 x 10 3/4 cm; gelatin silver; card mount
Scope and content:

Photograph has high gloss emulsion and is probably either a collodion or gelatin silver printing-out process. Printed on back: L. S. White, Photographic Art Studio / 105 Fourth Ave, Bet. 11th & 12th Sts., New York., large design over the entire card, with ornate fonts, a griffin next to a box camera, and botanical twig border. Printed on front: L. S. White / Extra Finish / 105 4th Ave., New York, in gold lettering. Handwritten on back: For Mrs. Worrell.

Biographical / historical:
White, Luther S., photographer, 105 4th Ave. 1261 Broadway, New York, NY (1902); Luther S. White, photographer, 1261 Broadway 105 4th Ave., New York, NY (1906) City Directories; Luther S. White, photographer, 105, 4th av, New York, NY (1915) R. L. Polk's Trow General Directory of New York City 105 4th Ave., New York, NY (1906) City Directories; Luther S. White, photographer, 105, 4th av, New York, NY (1915) R. L. Polk's Trow General Directory of New York City. His studio was known as the White Studio by 1915. He may have started as a daguerreotypist in Springfield, Massachusetts in the 1850s. [Source: Pioneer American Photographers, 1839-1860, website, entry for G. W. Ray, viewed August 19, 2021]

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