Unidentified white woman in dark coat with white hoop dress, standing with hand on hip, 1860s

Containers:
Box 1, Image RL.11785-P-0124
Physical description:
10 x 6 cm; albumen; card mount
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Printed on back: Mrs. W. A. Reed, Artist, No. 81 1/2 Hampshire Street, Quincy, Ill.

Biographical / historical:
Reed, Mrs. W. A., artist, N 81½ Hampshire St., Quincy, IL (1860s) "Negatives preserved for one year", cdv image; W. A. Reed Mrs., photographer, Quincy, IL (1871) IL Business Directory; W. A. Reed Mrs., photographer, Quincy, IL (1875) Lakeside Directory of State of IL. [Source: Langdon's List of 19th Century Photographers] Also known as Candace McCormick Reed (1818-1900). When her husband Warren died in April 1858, Candace McCormick Reed was thrown upon her own devices to support her two surviving sons and her elderly mother-in-law. In October of that year she advertised the opening of her Excelsior Picture Gallery at 103 Hampshire Street in Quincy, Illinois. She would be assisted by her sister, Miss Celina McCormick. [Source: Flickr photo album "The Autographic Photography Album," viewed April 14, 2021] She seems to have operated her studio beyond the 1870s, and perhaps until her death in 1900.

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