Photograph
Laura Foster
| Portrait of 2-year old Laura Foster (b. 1941) sitting in a dark-colored, highly-carved chair. She is wearing her maternal great-grandmother's girlhood dress from 1862-1863. The dress is white with small polka dots. It is knee-length, off-the-shoulder, and has two horizontal tucks near the skirt hem and a puffy bodice. Anne also has a hair bow in her blonde hair. Laura's great-grandmother was Mary Adell "Della" (Waldo) Henderson (1858-1939). Della wore this dress in Winneconne (Winnebago County), Wisconsin. The photograph was taken in Rockford, Illinois or Green Bay, Wisconsin. |
| Image ID: | 140167 |
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| Creation Date: | 06 25 1944 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Waldo-Henderson family papers, 1829-1979 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 5040 Box 1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| A photo of Laura's mother Anne Waldo (Jackson) Foster wearing this dress in 1913 also exists (Image ID: 140166). This dress exists in the WHS Museum collections, catalogue number 1974.268.31. |
| Dresses |
| Chairs |
| Children |
| Clothing and dress |
| Hairstyles |
| Indoor photography |
| Portrait photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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