A 4"x6" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of the Rev. Wilbur T., Maude and Rachel Elmore, Lincoln, Nebraska. Wilbur is wearing a dark three-piece suit, white shirt with stiff collar and knotted tie. Maude is wearing a long-sleeve dress of moire fabric with over-lapping front closure with covered button, under blouse of self-fabric with small tucks and covered buttons, stand collar, brooch, a watch pinned to her bodice. Rachel is between her parents with one arm around her mother's neck wearing a dark cotton dress with pleated skirt onto a waist insert of bias plaid, with bias plaid bodice insert, stand collar, cuffs and edging the fabric extensions over the sleeve caps, bracelet and chain necklace with medallion and large white ribbon in her hair, sitting in front of a painted backdrop.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00B09290000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Wilbur & Maude Elmore were missionaries for the Baptist Church in India where Rachel was born circa 1906. Maude was listed as a Traveling Lecturer for the Baptist Church. According to 1910 census records, Wilbur, Maude and Rachael were living in Lincoln, Nebraska, with Wilbur's parents, Jerome & Emaline Elmore.
