A 5"x7" glass plate negative, full figure portrait photograph of Mrs. Ray Harris, David City, Nebraska. The woman is wearing a floor-length white dress with layered skirt that features horizontal rows of ruffles and smocking, train and bustle. Smocking and gathers decorate the bodice and sleeve cap. The long, full sleeves end with a ruffle cuff at the wrist and a ruffled, stand collar features a brooch at the neck. Her hair is pulled up into an elegant coiffure with a large fabric bow. She is standing with her hands on her hips with a ring on her finger.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00061120000
Source
Original format: 5"x7" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Carrie Quade was born in Iowa in 1882 to William and Emma Holmberg Quade. Her father was a miller by trade who was born and married in Rhode Island, then moved his family to Dubuque, Iowa, and later to David City, Nebraska. Carrie performed at the Opera House in David City. She married Ray Harris and moved to San Diego, California, where Ray was the city attorney. They had one daughter, Ida. After the death of her first husband, Carrie married F.A. Stevenson and continued to live in California.
