“The Little Esquimaux Lady,” Miss Olof Krarer, age 29, height 40 inches, weight 120 lbs

William Emory Bowman

Date

1887
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Object Format

Cabinet card
Dimensions

Image: 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.
Mount: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, recto:
l.l. printed: ...From... / Bowman's Gallery
l.r. printed: EAST OF COURT HOUSE, / OTTAWA, ILL.
Mount, verso:
c. on buff label: "The Little Esquimaux Lady," / MISS OLOF KRARER. / Age, 29 years. Height, 40 inches. Weight, 120 lbs. / Photographed by --- BOWMAN, --- Ottawa, Illinois.
u.l. in graphite: B494AL
beginning u.l. in ink: Miss Olof Krarer. Age 39 years. Weight 116. when in Marietta came at 7:10 Wednesday eve March 24 1897. on the Ohio River R. By Roa____ at the St. Leland River 36. Lectured at the C_ity A_____ March 29, 1897 on "Life in Greenland". Left Marietta 2:40 P.M. Friday March 26, 1897, For Chicago. Received picture Friday morning from Miss Krarer's hands. March 26, 1897. Lec line was given under the auspices of the class of "97" W.H.S. Anna M. Babbnan
l.l. in graphite: (refers to marietta, Ohio)
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P2019.31
Copyright

Public domain

Acting Out: Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern Photography

August 15–November 1, 2020

This exhibition offers the first-ever in-depth examination of the 19th-century photographic phenomenon of cabinet cards, examining how this trend in photographic portraiture set the foundation for the snapshot and today’s digital photosharing.

Location: Off view

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