Z. P. McMillen’s Portrait Photograph of Doctor Ruth Philena Hubbell Huffman
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Z.P. McMillen, East Main St., Galesburg, Illinois
THE SITTER:
Name: Ruth Philena Hubbell Huffman
Description: In this carte de visite of Ruth Philena Hubbell Huffman. Her hair appears to be short or pulled back. She is wearing a light dress with a high white collar and a dark bow.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: Dr. Ruth Philena Hubbell Huffman’s mother was Philena Hubbell. Her husband was Doctor J. E. Huffman, and her two daughters were Frances Huffman Smith (1888-1980) and Ruth M. Huffman (1895-1969). Ruth M. Huffman was a nurse, and she worked with her mother. Dr. Ruth Huffman lived in Petaluma, Santa Rosa (5th Street), and Piedmont California. She was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: carte de visite, approximately 6.25 x 10.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front:
Description, back: “1876 Z.P. McMillen. Photographic Artist, 12 & 14 East Main Street, Galesburg, Illinois. Duplicates supplied at any time. Ruth Philena Hubbell Huffman, age 17 yrs”
Date: On the reverse of the portrait, Huffman is identified as seventeen years old, and the date is identified as 1876. Huffman was born in 1862; consequently, if Huffman is truly seventeen, this portrait was taken in 1879, or, if truly taken in 1876, Huffman would have been fourteen years old.
Condition: There are several small black spots and, what appears to be, a moisture caused stain in the upper right and another one to the right of the sitter’s head extending into her hair at her forehead.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1983-32-06
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