A young woman poses for a studio portrait. Her skirt is long and narrow, but just barely long enough to cover her ankles, not truly full length. The peplum overskirt is really saucy. The rather plain blouse closes from left to right suggesting...
A young woman poses with two dogs. There was a short period of time around 1900 when some young women tried out a very masculine look. Here, evidently, is one, complete with checkered shirt, high starched collar, bow tie and a Homburg hat...
This portrait is of a young woman. Both bodice and sleeves display the use of machine lace in great yardage to create the silhouette of the day. In this instance her very tame hairdo is enhanced with a small knot of feathers.
This young woman, in a dark dress with a white lace collar, has both hands on the back of a chair. A name on the back of the photograph is very faint: ---ddock.
A young woman with very straight, pulled back hair sits placidly for the photographer. Her dress has a bodice of contrasting color, topped by a white collar.
A young boy stands by a very ornate chair. He is wearing a buttoned jacket and a buttoned skirt, with high leather boots. his bow tie has wide stripes and his unruly hair has been slicked back. He has not been identified.
Warp: natural cotton. Binder: natural cotton. Pattern: blue dyed wool. This coverlet is an excellent example of multi-tonal float work, woven by a very competent weaver. The three areas of float work; pattern, warp, and half warp and half pattern...
This woman's hair is bobbed and she wears rings on the fourth finger of each hand. Her white dress is probably silk from the way it seems to fall, and the wide collar is trimmed with a fine edging which may be lace. The arch of her foot seems to...
A woman wears a version of the “garden dress” probably of fine linen - very stylish in the period, but the photo is so washed out that details remain unseen. She does, however, wear eyeglasses which can be seen by looking at the bridge of her...
Watercolor on off-white paper, of a parrot perched on a branch. The parrot is very colorful with a red and yellow head, and green, red, blue and yellow feathers. The branch is black in color and the parrot is holding onto the branch with both feet;...
In this very dark copy of a photograph can be seen a large bent line in the air, a waterspout. It occurred at "The Moorings" dock in Upper Nyack, then owned by Joseph Hilton.
