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Laura Emma Besser

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Call NumberZ-9605CreatorRothberger, Henry V.Date1897SummaryStudio bust portrait of Laura Emma Besser, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Besser's long hair is parted down the middle and pulled back. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves, a rounded neckline and a lace bertha collar affixed with a pin.Physical Description1 photographic print on cabinet card : albumen ; visible image 10 x 14 cm (4 x 5 1/2 in.) mounted in album page 26 x 31 cm (10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectStudents--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryBesser, Laura EmmaDenver High School (Denver, Colo.)--StudentsDenver Public Schools--Students--19th centuryGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711009605Type of MaterialAlbumen printsCabinet photographsPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsPortrait photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 398. Denver High School, District Number One, Denver, Colorado. Album, class of 1897Denver High School albumsNotesLaura Emma Besser, E.D.H.S., 1897 inked on verso. Cabinet card found on page 3 in C Photo Album 398. Photographer's stamp printed on cabinet card with emblem that reads: "Medal Awarded, Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893."; Photographic print mounted sideways on cabinet card. Title penciled beneath cabinet card on album page. R7110096054

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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/CreditDenver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes