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.

Date Made: 1885-1910

Maker: Hussey, Walter J.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Ohio, Mount Pleasant

See more items in: Work and Industry: Photographic History, Walter J. Hussey Collection, Photography

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Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift from Richard S. Hussey

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2010.0080.58Accession Number: 2010.0080Catalog Number: 2010.0080.58

Object Name: glass negativephotograph

Physical Description: glass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 5 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-447e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1390149

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