Studio bust portrait of Laura Eva Bates, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Bates has curled bangs and her hair is styled up in a coronet twist. She wears drop earrings, and a lace or brocade shawl draped in a swag between her shoulders.
Date
1887
Notes
"Laura E. Balit class of 87" [sic] inked on verso.; Cabinet card found on page 4 in C Photo Album 390.; Cabinet cards are mounted in album page and identification is penciled on the album page beneath cabinet cards.; Photographer's stamp printed on cabinet card and on verso. Stamp on verso includes: "Oil portrait artist, photographer, engravings, artist materials & framing."; Title penciled beneath cabinet card: "Laura E. Balit" [sic]. Title from names indexed in: "Denver High School photo albums, 1887-1897" by Sharon K. Boatwright, M.A. in "Colorado Genealogist", vol. 60, no.4.; R7110081724
Description
1 photographic print on cabinet card : albumen ; visible image 14 x 10 cm. (5 1/2 x 4 in.) mounted in album page 26 x 31 cm. (10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
C Photo Album 390. Denver High School 1887-1888.; Denver High School albums.
Subject
Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Bates, Laura E. (Laura Eva); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
