The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
Envelope reads, "Mrs. B.F. Palmerton (1917 handwritten)." Negative is a portrait of a woman standing table and a diagonal wall with a grid pattern on it (possibly windows on a slanted wall). The woman is wearing a hat with feather stuck in the brim and a tight skirt with a long-sleeved blouse. Over the blouse she is wearing a heavy embroidered vest [resembles a doilie]. Image is slightly scrapped along the top.
Concepts:
woman; portrait; hat; dress; feather
Persons:
Mrs. B.F. Palmerton
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