An 8"x10" glass plate negative, portrait photograph of a woman wearing a long dress, A-line skirt with alternating lace panels and narrow black fabric strips crisscrossing between, black belt, lace trimmed bodice with crisscrossing black fabric strips up the center front, high-stand lace collar, lace-trimmed bishop sleeves with black cuffs and lace extensions falling over her gloved hands, lace-trimmed cape over-sleeve with pleated trim, wide velvet-edged, up-turned brim on one side with strips of shirred fabric on the underside, white ostrich feather and ribbon trim on the crown with long black ties extending from the back of the hat, across the chest and knotted in front.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
BSN04790000
Source
Original format: 8"x10" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Hannah Gertrude Bell, daughter of Griffith and Lydia Culbertson, was born about 1874 in Illinois. She was a music teacher and, with her husband Samuel James Bell, had one daughter, Marjorie Culbertson Bell.
