“LITTLE GIRL WITH BLOND SAUSAGE CURLS”
/John Quincy Reed’s Portrait Photograph of “LITTLE GIRL WITH BLOND SAUSAGE CURLS”
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
JOHN QUINCY REED was born in 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts and died in 1902 in Petaluma. He worked as a photographer in Petaluma for over 25 years, moving his studio within the community to several different locations. He arrived into Petaluma from Stockton in 1870 and continued to work as a photographer in Petaluma until at least 1898. Many of his portraits of Petaluma’s citizens are of exceptionally fine quality. (For additional information on this photographer and to view all portraits by him in the collection, click on his name in blue above.)
THE SITTER:
Name: Misidentified as Mary Jane Blackburn Rodd on the back side of this carte de visite portrait.
Description: This very assertive child rest comfortably on a blanket covered prop, her right arm resting in her lap and her left casually supporting her chin. She is dressed in dark boots and a light-colored dress with an elaborate scalloped and cut-out hem. She looks directly at the photographer, and her blond hair has been carefully arranged in shoulder-length sausage curls.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: Possibly a Rodd or Blackburn family member.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back:
Date: 1870-1898
Condition: The front of this cabinet card is in good condition. The back has several patches of missing layers of surface paper.
Owner: The Carol Cook Collection, digital copy by permission.
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