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[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., vines on head around shoulders, holding mandolin] – Vintage Print

[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., vines on head around shoulders, holding mandolin], c1902. — historic photograph
[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., vines on head around shoulders, holding mandolin], 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 at half length with vines wound through her hair and draped across her shoulders, holding a mandolin. Photographer Fritz W. Guerin made the picture around 1902, and it is catalogued as number 53 in his series. Around the turn of the century, the mandolin was a popular parlor and club instrument in the United States, and studio portraits often paired sitters with instruments and natural props to suggest leisure and romance. The caption card's "Glamour" tag reflects that staged, idealized style. The record notes that its details come from an old caption card and have not been verified.

Created / publishedc1902.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Fritz W. Guerin. #53. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Glamour; Music--Mandolin.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,236 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147490

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