A 3"x4" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Rilla Brown, Brainard, Nebraska, wearing a black dress with long sleeves exaggerated at the top, her head and neck shrouded in a shawl of white hairpin lace, secured at one side with a corsage.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00027350000
Source
Original format: 3"x4" 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.
