Two Girls Play with Dolls: Museum Object and Cultural History
Two Girls Play with Dolls: date made: 1885-1910. maker: Hussey, Walter J.. Object Name: glass negative.
The object in the museum catalogue
Glass plate negative made by Walter J. Hussey, 1885-1910. Anna Ratcliff and friend playing with dolls, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. One of the dolls is black or African American.
The collection in the Photographic History Collection consists of over two hundred glass plate negatives made by Walter J. Hussey (1865-1959). These glass plate negatives consist of daily life in and around Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Mr. Hussey's friends and family, studio portraits, his trips to the Washington, D.C. area, and Florida.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1885-1910
- maker: Hussey, Walter J.
- Object Name: glass negative
- Object Name: photograph
- Physical Description: glass (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 5 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 20.32 cm
- place made: United States: Ohio, Mount Pleasant
- ID Number: 2010.0080.66
- accession number: 2010.0080
- catalog number: 2010.0080.66
- Credit Line: Gift from Richard S. Hussey
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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