“Young Woman Wearing a Corsage of Carnations and a White Blouse With a High, Black, Band Collar

Joslin & Company’s Portrait Photograph of a “Young Woman Wearing a

Corsage of Carnations and a White Blouse with a High, Black, band collar”

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PHOTOGRAPHER / PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:

JOSLIN & COMPANY was established by the photographer Amon James Tuft Joslin. He was born in 1839 in Rockwood, New York, and died in 1913 in San Benito County, California. He established the Petaluma Photo Parlor under the name of Joslin & Company in November 1893, and left the studio, departing for Chico, California in April 1897. (For additional information on Joslin and Company and to view all portraits produced by the studio in the collection, click on its name in blue above.)

THE SITTER:

Name: Unidentified

Description: In this head-and-shoulders portrait, a young woman is dressed in a white, lace blouse with large sleeves. Her hair was been pulled to the back of her head and two curls adorn her forehead. Around her neck is a distinctive, high, black, band collar. This collar and the corsage of carnations that adorn her left shoulder, are traditionally associated with mourning rituals and suggest that this portrait may have been taken in the memory of a departed loved one.

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THE PHOTOGRAPH:

Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm

Medium: gelatin or collodion photographic print mounted on cardstock

Description, front: This portrait has been mounted on a grayish-brown card which has an ecru boarder. The Joslin & Company imprint appears on the bottom edge in brown ink.

Description, back: The back of this cabinet card is blank or contains only an accession number.

Date: November 1893 - April 1897

Condition: This cabinet card is in good condition.

Owner:  Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1994-633-59

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