Family Portrait
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1900
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (15.9 × 20 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.320.B
DescriptionAn eleven-member family poses in the Cobb Studio for a group portrait in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There are two young children standing in front of the group. Three people sit in chairs in the center of the group, one holds a baby. the center figure sitting is the elder matriarch. Four more adults stand behind and one holds a child. Three standing adults wear three-piece suits with white collars and ties. All other adults wear shirtwaist and princess line style outfits. The two children standing in the front wear matching spotted dresses with multi-strand beaded necklaces and have bows in their hair. The baby is wrapped in a white, lace trimmed blanket and wears a dark long-sleeved outfit. The child held in the back row wears a light-colored long sleeve with a flouncing collar and large bowtie. There is a fur shaggy rug beneath the group's feet.On View
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