Tag Archive: 1908

Mar 08

High school exercises, the Leonard Collection

Can you identify this photo?

Can anyone help identify this photo? A large group of adults dressed in fine clothes has gathered to watch a group of uniformed young women exercise with weights. A piano is on the paved playing field. There is a basketball court, parallel bars and the lines for a tennis court. A horse drawn carriage is …

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Mar 01

Mrs. B in her parlor 1908, the Leonard Collection

Who is Mrs. B from 1908?

She sits in a rocking chair, paper in her hand dressed in a high collared white shirt and a long floor length skirt. A woman has clearly decorated the room, fresh flowers on the table and piano, cloth under the vases. This is the only negative in the Leonard collection with a written date. Written …

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