A 5"x7" glass plate photograph, full figure portrait photograph of Carrie Harris, David City, Nebraska, wearing a floor-length, white dress with back train and bustle, two wide rows of fabric ruffle at the hemline topped with several inches of smocking above each ruffle, cinched waist and many rows of smocking around the chest and upper portion of the long, full sleeves and upper bodice with high-stand collar and brooch, her long brunette hair worn up in an elegant coiffure topped with a wide fabric bow.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00061110000
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.
