A 5"x7" glass plate negative, full-figure portrait photograph of Rilla Brown, Brainard, Nebraska. She is wearing a floor-length, belted, long-sleeve dark dress with stand collar and pleated, lace trimmed bodice and sleeves. A watch or medallion is suspended from a chain that is attached to her bodice. There is a brooch attached to her collar and several lockets or pins attached to her bodice. She is standing next to a small, wooden, cloth-draped chair in front of a painted backdrop that features a large Greek column, shields and swords.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00014590000
Source
Original format: 5"x7" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Rilla B. Brown was born in 1877 to Joseph A. and Martha Dowell Brown. According to 1880 Census records, the family was living in Center Township, Butler County, Nebraska. Rilla was three years old at the time. Rilla married Walter Baldwin, December 28, 1899, in Butler County.
