Family Parlor Portrait, circa 1900
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The parlor of this middle-class northern Indiana family is filled with fashionable goods that provided a comfortable lifestyle. By the late 19th century, factories were turning out consumer goods of all kinds, advertising told potential customers what was available, and railroads made it easier to get goods to local stores. This family could also have obtained goods by mail order--even the piano.
The parlor of this middle-class northern Indiana family is filled with fashionable goods that provided a comfortable lifestyle. By the late 19th century, factories were turning out consumer goods of all kinds, advertising told potential customers what was available, and railroads made it easier to get goods to local stores. This family could also have obtained goods by mail order--even the piano.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1895
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
98.85.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.938 in
Width: 8.938 in
Inscriptions
On verso in pencil: J.F. PETCHER WINAMACK,IND. FRIENDS OF AUNT LIZZIES IN THE 1890'S
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