Photograph, Black-and-White

69_007_003

Title
Group Portrait with Instruments
Creation Date
1890 – 1910

Dimensions

25.8 cm H x 30.6 cm W

mount

Description

This group photograph shows a nine-person musical ensemble (3 men, 6 women) posed in front of a detailed backdrop curtain with their instruments; four of the women are holding mandolins, two are holding small orchestral instruments (violin or viola), two are each holding a guitar, and one is seated beside a piano. The photograph is mounted on a two-toned piece of paperboard that is detailed with filligree and stamped in the lower left-hand corner of the mount with the logo of “O.E. Flaten, Cor. 4th & Front St S, Moorhead, Minn.”

Geographic Names
Moorhead, Clay, Minnesota, United States, NA [46.87386,-96.76951] [id:5038108]

Contact the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County for more information