E. Leroy Yott

Date1900

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions8 × 6 in. (20.3 × 15.2 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen

Object numberPA1990.013.278.B

DescriptionPortrait of E. Leroy Yott wearing a pin-striped slack or lounge suit, white shirt with a starched separable collar, round cufflinks, and a dark tie. He is seated in Cobb Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is wearing round eye glasses and his hair is center-parted and combed away from his face. He is holding a violin and bow and looking toward the camera.

Edward Leroy was a noted violinist and founded the Albuquerque Youth Symphony in 1930 and the Albuquerque Civic Symphony in 1931.

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