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[Minnie Conway, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing hat, facing left] / photographed by J. Gurney & Son, 5th Ave., cor. 16th St., New York. – Vintage Photo Print

[Minnie Conway, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing hat, facing left] / photographed by J. Gurney & Son, 5th Ave., cor. 16th St., New York., 1870s — historic photograph
[Minnie Conway, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing hat, facing left] / photographed by J. Gurney & Son, 5th Ave., cor. 16th St., New York., 1870s. Historic photograph from the Family Life collection.

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A window into the past: [Minnie Conway, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing hat, facing left] / photographed by J. Gurney & Son, 5th Ave., cor. 16th St., New York., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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[Minnie Conway, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing hat, facing left] / photographed by J. Gurney & Son, 5th Ave., cor. 16th St., New York.

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Minnie Conway sits in a head-and-shoulders portrait, turned to her left, with a hat that draws the eye as much as her face does. The studio behind the picture, J. Gurney & Son, operated at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 16th Street in New York, a location that placed it among the city's fashionable photography businesses during the 1870s. Portraits from that decade often recorded the millinery of the day, so the hat here offers a useful look at how women dressed for a formal sitting. Little else about Conway is recorded in the title, so the photograph is best read as a document of studio practice and street-level fashion in the period.

Created / published1870s
Original scan4,948 × 2,469 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi
Reference11

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