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[Young woman modeling: Head, framed in flowing hair] – Vintage Wall Art

[Young woman modeling: Head, framed in flowing hair], c1902. — historic photograph
[Young woman modeling: Head, framed in flowing hair], 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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Rather than a full figure in costume, this print is a close study of a young woman's head, with her hair spread loosely around her face so that it becomes the frame. Dated to about 1902 and credited to photographer Fritz W. Guerin, it reflects the period's taste for idealized portraits of women, often made to show off hair and fashionable looks. Similar tousled, flowing hair appeared in Gibson girl illustrations of the same years. The record rests on unverified caption card information, so the sitter and the occasion remain unknown.

Created / publishedc1902.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto by Fritz W. Guerin. #80. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Women; Glamour; Hair.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,244 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147514

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