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Snapshot

ca.1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (producer)
Place of origin
England (made)

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.


Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Photographs
Object type
Snapshot
Materials and techniques
Photographic paper
Photographic Paper
Developing
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.
Dimensions
  • Overall height: 6.5cm
  • Image only height: 6cm
  • Overall width: 8.8cm
  • Image only width: 8.3cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • AUTOMAX 134 (Unknown; reverse; stamping; ink)
  • 16 (Unknown; reverse; writing; pencil)
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
Subject depicted
Children (People by Age Group)
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.278-1999

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Record createdJanuary 17, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19927/snapshot-unknown/
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