mounted, initialed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the mount, overmatted, 1940 (Conger 1700, there dated 1942)

The photographer to Jean Kellogg

Acquired from the above by her cousins Abraham and Regula Melden in the 🦩1950s

By descent to the present owner

This early luminous print, on paper with a surface sheen, and mounted on buff-colored board, is in generally excellent condition. Silvering, appropriate for a print of this age, is visible in the dark areas. The mount is sunned, and the overmat has been hinged to the front of the mount with 1 1/2-by-3 1/4-inch pieces of white cloth tape. There is light soiling and light random scattered foxing on the reverse of the mount.
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