A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full figure portrait photograph of Elizabeth VanLom. The young woman is wearing a white knee-length dress with full, gathered skirt with ribbon belt tied in a bow at the waist, long tapered sleeves of shirred fabric with wide, bell-shaped cuffs, fabric ruffles on the bodice and around the neck, black leggings and dark, high-top shoes, standing with her hands resting on the arms of a wicker bench in front of a painted backdrop.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00033650000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Elizabeth VanLom was born in Nebraska, January 1880, to Andrew & Elizabeth Wolfe VanLom. She graduated from David City Public High School in 1900 and married Jay Rising in Butler County, November 21, 1903. Elizabeth and Ray had two daughters: Marion Margaret and Lorene. Elizabeth died in 1919.
