People in Parlor

People in Parlor

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Description
Glass plate negative made by Walter J. Hussey, 1885-1910. People in parlor dressed in fancy clothes.
Twenty-five people dressed in formal clothes posing in the parlor in the Hussey farmhouse. Two of photographer's landscape paintings are on the back walls. Fred Updegraff first in the third row. Family indicates these are friends of the photographer. Mt. Pleasant, Ohio.
The collection in the Photographic History Collection consists of over two hundred glass plate negatives made by Walter J. Hussey (1865-1959). These glass plate negatives consist of daily life in and around Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Mr. Hussey's friends and family, studio portraits, his trips to the Washington, D.C. area, and Florida.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
glass negative
photograph
date made
1885-1910
maker
Hussey, Walter J.
place made
United States: Ohio, Mount Pleasant
Physical Description
glass (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 5 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm
ID Number
2010.0080.58
accession number
2010.0080
catalog number
2010.0080.58
Credit Line
Gift from Richard S. Hussey
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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