GUSN-187889
The photograph features Elinor Curtis with an unidentified man dressed in 18th century costume. She wears a large bonnet, a shawl, fingerless gloves, and carries both a purse and fan. The man wears a powdered wig, knee breeches and large buckled shoes and is holding Curtis' hand while she looks away.
costumes (character dress)
courtship
bonnets (hats)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
1 photograph
PC023
Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection
1979
PC023.TMP.004
Gift
Curtis, Harriot Sumner (Appleton), 1841-1923 (Photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Hopkinson, Elinor Curtis, 1869-1947
(1992). The aunts / by Isabella Halsted.. Sharksmouth Press,.
Item
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