Studio Portrait of Edmund F. Cobb in Costume
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1905
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.372.A
DescriptionEdmund F. Cobb and a women pose in the Cobb Studio in costume in from to a painted backdrop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Edmund wears a large brimmed straw hat, round glasses, a wig and fake beard, short and baggy pants and a jacket with many layers beneath, He holds an parasol in one hand. The women wears a bonnet, cape, apron and dress. She loops one arm around Edmund's and holds a small purse in the other. She also looks up and into the distance. Silver mirroring and emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate creating color distortion and emulsion loss.glass plate has been broken in half.
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