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[Young woman modeling: Head and shoulders, leaves on head] – Historic Print

[Young woman modeling: Head and shoulders, leaves on head], c1902. — historic photograph
[Young woman modeling: Head and shoulders, leaves on head], c1902.. 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 poses in a close head-and-shoulders study, with a crown of leaves set in her hair. The print is credited to photographer Fritz W. Guerin and dated to about 1902, a period when studio portraits often used props such as foliage to suggest classical or pastoral themes. The record notes that its date and details come from an old caption card and have not been verified, and the card carries the word "Glamour," which may reflect how the picture was once described or categorized. Its focus on costume and adornment makes it a useful example of how fashion and decorative styling appeared in photography of the early 1900s.

Created / publishedc1902.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto by Fritz W. Guerin. #50. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Glamour.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,237 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147487

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