Snapshot
ca.1935 (made)
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Black and white snapshot of landscape proportions, with a narrow white border, showing the donor, Lorna Harward, as a child with light-coloured short curly hair. She is standing out of doors by a hedged flower bed in which daffodils and forsythia are visibleand is wearing a pale blue crepe de chine dress and knickers and short white ankle socks. Over her left arm she carries a cloth doll.
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Materials and techniques | Photographic paper |
Brief description | Black and white snapshot of a little girl; England, ca.1935 |
Physical description | Black and white snapshot of landscape proportions, with a narrow white border, showing the donor, Lorna Harward, as a child with light-coloured short curly hair. She is standing out of doors by a hedged flower bed in which daffodils and forsythia are visibleand is wearing a pale blue crepe de chine dress and knickers and short white ankle socks. Over her left arm she carries a cloth doll. |
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Production type | Mass produced |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Lorna Harward |
Object history | Shows the donor Lorna M Harward (born July 1931) wearing dress and knickers set B.277(1,2)-1999 |
Historical context | The photograph illustrates both that the dress was in a high-waisted style, and also just how short skirts for little girls of this age were in the 1930s |
Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
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Accession number | B.278-1999 |
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Record created | January 17, 2000 |
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