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[Young woman modeling: half lgth., standing in choir robe, holding open music book] – Vintage Print

[Young woman modeling: half lgth., standing in choir robe, holding open music book], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[Young woman modeling: half lgth., standing in choir robe, holding open music book], [no date recorded on caption card]. 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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A young woman stands at half length in a choir robe, holding an open music book, in a studio portrait made by photographer Fritz W. Guerin and catalogued as number 59. The caption card lists no date, and its subject tags, "Glamour," "Women--Occupations," and "Music--Choir," suggest the picture was staged to present a poised, professional image of a singer rather than to record a particular event. Choir robes were a familiar part of church and concert life, and portraits like this one often showed how women who sang in such groups were presented to the public. The pose and costume are the main evidence to study here.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Fritz W. Guerin. #59. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Glamour; Women--Occupations; Music--Choir.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,238 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147494

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