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[Young woman modeling: nude with garland of flowers] – Historic Print

[Young woman modeling: nude with garland of flowers], c1903. — historic photograph
[Young woman modeling: nude with garland of flowers], c1903.. Historic photograph from the Family Life collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Young woman modeling: nude with garland of flowers], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A young woman stands nude except for a garland of flowers, a detail that sets this studio study apart from the clothing-focused pictures in this group. The photograph is credited to Fritz W. Guerin and dated about 1903, though those details come from an old caption card and have not been verified. Figure studies like this were popular around the turn of the century, when photographers often drew on classical and allegorical poses, and a floral garland was a common prop meant to suggest idealized beauty rather than everyday dress. The caption card's tracing, "Glamour," hints at how such images were marketed and viewed at the time.

Created / publishedc1903.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto by Fritz W. Guerin. #63. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Glamour.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,268 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147498

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