A 3"x4" glass plate negative, full figure portrait photograph of Emma Merschein, Rising City, Nebraska. She is wearing a white belted dress with gathered skirt, sleeves and bodice made of sheer cotton with horizontal rows of tucks and ruffles, a square neckline with a chocker necklace and rings on her finger. Her long hair is pulled back and secured with a large, white ribbon bow and one long coil of hair is hanging over her shoulder, extending to her waist. She is leaning with one arm draped over the back of an ornately carved chair.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00091430002
Source
Original format: 3"x4" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Emma was born in Nebraska in 1891 to Christian and Kate Merscheim. Her parents immigrated from Germany and settled in Rising City, Nebraska, where her father ran a millinery shop and her mother was a teacher.
