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La Belle Fille: 1900
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 4:59am.
Circa 1900. "Portrait of a woman." Our third visit with this pensive model. Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
"Cork-looking" thing
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 10/31/2009 - 4:45pm.
The "cork-looking" thing on her back is probably the top of her corset, near where the lacing is. They tend to stick out a bit there since the area where it's laced is stiffer than the surrounding coutil.
Tresses
Submitted by Foy on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 12:28am.
Her hair is so thick and soft against her neck, falling down her spine. Breathtaking.
Drapes
Submitted by Tony on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 6:30pm.
They could put her in a potato sack for all I care. Be still my heart!
WHO is she?
Submitted by Swigca on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 12:11pm.
I wish someone could identify this women. I would love to know about her and what happened after her modeling/acting career.
[Indeed. Who ARE this women? - Dave]
Window dressing
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 12:01pm.
Again with the drapes! Couldn't this photographer spring for some outfits?
Utterly gorgeous - -
Submitted by Lone Star Yankee on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 11:44am.
except for that cork-looking thing between her shoulder blades. She should have been draped in silk. But even if she was covered in corks, she'd still be gorgeous.
So now we know
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 11:28am.
Not a rich old man's plaything, nor the wife-to-be of our exuberant-looking lifeguard, but an artists' model. Well, maybe all three, I hope so. Good image, Better image, and now Best Image. I'm starting a photo album, tell peeps she in my ancestor.
But who was she?
Submitted by jim smith on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 10:28am.
It's not Evelyn Nesbitt. Someone suggested she was the face of the "Gibson Girl." But what was her name? She would have been a one of the great beauties of any era, any century. Today she'd get rich and famous. A century ago all she could expect was the probability of a "good" marriage to some guy with a trust fund. Jim Smith
Do Not!
Submitted by jimmylee42 on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 9:56am.
Turn around and look at me now. My heart couldn't take it. To me this is the best of the three.
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