Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photographic portrait of Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont inside her home, ca.1890. Mrs. Fremont can be seen wearing a dark long dress sitting in a flowery cloth seat. She can be seen holding a small book or a piece of folded paper in her lap. A desk with many compartments, many of which are filled with writing tools and paper, can be seen to the left of the woman. The desk is decorated with candles and a vase of flowers. Two portraits of a Major and Mrs. Fremont can be seen on the wall behind her and her desk. A patterned drape can be seen covering the opening of a doorway to the right of the woman.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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