Nineteenth century carte de visite photograph showing a pretty girl with long hair. There appear to be beads entwined in her hair. She is dressed in a knee length fancy frilly dress with a large bow on the side. There are Maltese crosses and stars on her dress. In her hand she holds a baton or a stick. The end of the stick is darker. The part of the stick an inch or two above her hand shows a slightly enlarged spindle shaped area. I don't know what that signifies.

Printed on the back is, "E. I. Stearns & Co., Honesdale, Pa." In penciled script on the back is, "Hattie?" with a question mark. The number "17" is penciled in the margin on the front below the image. The cdv measures 4 1/8 inches by 2 1/2 inches. We are speculating that she might have been dressed to act the part of a fairy in a stage performance or perhaps she was a conductor of an instrumental group or a choir.

The margins of the front mat show some very light soiling. There are two tiny 1/16" scratches at the top center of the edge of the paper of the image and two very tiny little bumps to the upper right of the end of the baton that can be seen on close inspection.

The reference number for this item is #4045.

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