Young girl portrait

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Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/a19992758541e358aff2186b45066636

Title

Young girl portrait

Creator

Ewing, Albert J., 1870-1934 (Photographer)

Date

1890s

Description

Taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912, this photograph shows a girl resting her right arm on a chair with a large crocheted doily on the backrest. There is an illegible note etched on the left side of the glass plate negative. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center.

Subject

Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934)
Portrait photography--United States--History
Girls

Source

Ohio Digital Network

Type

image

Work Attributes

Date

1890s

Source

Ohio Digital Network

Subject

Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934)
Portrait photography--United States--History
Girls

Citation

Ewing, Albert J., 1870-1934 (Photographer), “Young girl portrait,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed March 29, 2024, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/15172.

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