Vought, Ruth R. (1897-1902)
/Unidentified Photographer, Portrait Photograph of Ruth R. Vought
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: unidentified. This portrait may have been taken in Humboldt County, Iowa, where Ruth R. Vought was born and died at the age of five.
THE SITTER:
Name: Ruth R. Vought
Description: According to the inscription on the back, this portrait of Ruth R. Vought was taken when she was 3 1/2 years old. She is seated and holds a doll in her lap. Ruth looks directly and intently into the camera. Her very long, abundant, wavy hair has been center-parted and gathered at each temple with a ribbon. She wears a child’s play smock. Her cuffs are adorned with a thin ribbon, and she wears a bracelet on her right wrist.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: Ruth’s parents were Sumner S. Vought (1860-1946) and Ella Smith Vought (1863-1950). Sumner Vought was a partner in the early Santa Rosa Potter hardware store. Sumner Vought, his wife, Ella Smith Vought, and his father, Lawrence Vought (1825-1915) are buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Windsor, California. Ruth had three sisters. Like Ruth herself, two died in early childhood and were born and buried in Humboldt County Iowa. See the companion portrait of her other sister, Agnes E. Vought Wiebert (1895-1953), in this archive. The original of this portrait remains as donated to the PHL&M in the vintage Church Family album.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: Cabinet card
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait is set within a vertical oval and surrounded by a heathered, grey mat. Along the bottom edge of the card is handwritten in black ink, “Agnes sister”.
Description, back: Along the top edge of the card handwritten in pencil is, “Ruth R. Vought 3 1/2 yrs. old”.
Date: 1901
Condition: This cabinet card is in good condition.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1979-425-03-p14-p9, Church Family Album
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