Proudfoot, Jessie M. (b. & d. dates to be determined)
/W. C. EDinger’s Portrait Photograph of Jessie M. Proudfoot
THE PHOTOGRAPHER/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO:
Photographer: Studio: W. C. Edinger
Studio location: Des Moines, Iowa
THE SITTER:
Name: Jessie M. Proudfoot
Description: In this portrait, baby Jessie has been placed on a course, fur blanket. The baby has tightened its fists and looks up to its right. The baby is dressed in a white, lace, long-sleeved dress and wears a necklace which appears to hold a locket.
Biographical Note:
Family Affiliation: Jessie M.Proudfoot was not a Petaluman. Given the inscription on the back of this card, it is most probable that this portrait was a gift to her aunt, Emma Herbert, a resident of Bloomfield, California, a community not far from Petaluma. Emma may have been the wife of William H. Herbert, a blacksmith who worked in Bloomfield. As of 1897, Emma H. Herbert was the owner of a 115 x 215 foot lot on the northeast corner of Broderick and Main streets in Bloomfield. Emma Herbert was Frederick Stuart Farquar’s mother-in-law. It is of note that this portrait remains, as donated to the Petaluma Historical Library & Musuem, in the Farquar Family Album.
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THE PHOTOGRAPH:
Format / Size: cabinet card, approximately 10.75 x 16.5 cm
Medium: albumen photographic print mounted on cardstock
Description, front: This portrait is mounted on a dark brown card and the photographer’s imprint appear along the bottom printed in a gold.
Description, back: Handwritten along the top edge of the back of this card appears to be the name “Jessie Proudfoot”. Below this handwritten in pencil is, “Mrs Emma Herbert” and “Bloomfield”.
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Condition: This card is heavily soiled and foxed. The edges of the brown card are cracked and frayed. There is also a puncture hole in the center of the top edge.
Owner: Petaluma Historical Library & Museum, 1978-80-44-p24-p45, Farquar Family Album
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