Studio bust portrait of Mary Helena Wanless, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Wanless has short hair and curled bangs. Her dress bodice has a buttoned front closure and matching buttons on the lapels. She wears a bar pin over her collar and a frilled lace under collar. A large floral corsage is pinned to her bodice.
Date
1887
Notes
"Constance Van Diest, class of '87" inked on verso.; Cabinet card found on page 26 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 on verso; photographer's stamp printed on cabinet card is partly obscured by glue.; Title penciled beneath cabinet card: "Mary H. Wanlass" [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.; R7110082160
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.; Wanless, Mary Helena.; 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.
