A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full figure portrait photograph of Mrs. Frank Dorsey, Cordova, Nebraska, wearing a floor-length white dress with back train, a wide scalloped ruffle at the hemline with fabric bows at the two front peaks, long tapered sleeves, stiff high-stand collar and bodice ruffle with attached self-fabric scarf knotted to one side, her brunette hair swept up into an elegant coiffure. She is standing with hands behind her back in front of a painted backdrop featuring a drapery and flower-filled urn.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00033820000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Laura Dorsey was born in Iowa in 1877. Her husband, Frank M. Dorsey, was a grain buyer in Seward County, Nebraska. They had three children: John, Elsie and Francis.
