Sitting in the Forest
Sitter
Eddie R. Cobb
(1862 Leavenworth, Kansas - 1945 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Sitter
Edmund Fessenden Cobb
(1892 Albuquerque, New Mexico - 1974 Woodland Hills, California)
Date1893
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.394.A
DescriptionSitting in a densely wooded area sits Eddie Ross Cobb and her baby Edmund F. Cobb on a dirt path. The path is lined with thick foliage. They hold small tin cups and look at the camera. Edmund smiles and holds the cup up in the air towards the camera. Eddie has her hair in a chignon bun and wears a shirtwaist outfit. Edmund Cobb was the eldest of Eddie Ross Cobb and William Cobb's four children. Eddie Ross Cobb and her husband owned Cobb Studio spanning the turn of the nineteenth century in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. They had four children. William died due to Tuberculosis in 1909 and Eddie kept the shop running for over thirty more years with the help of her children. Eddie was one of New Mexico's territorial governor, Edmund G. Ross’s, seven children.
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