"Pendar, 115 Years Old", March 1867

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Medium

stereoscopic albumen prints

Dimensions

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sheet (each): 7.8 × 7.4 cm (3 1/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
mount: 8.6 × 17.5 cm (3 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

Accession Number

2023.39.199

Artists / Makers

Buell & Seaver (artist) American, active 1850s - 1870s

Image Use

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Inscription

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: BUELL & SEAVER, PITTSFIELD, MASS.; along right edge: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by BUELL / & SEAVER, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Mass.; bottom right: No. 2.---[illegible] Woman Pendar, 115 years old.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 10.21.KBR / AF242A; lower center printed in black ink: The above bill of sale refers to a woman whose picture is on the reverse side of this / card, and who is now living in Pittsfield, Mass. The photograph of her was taken / March 6th, 1867, by BUELL & SEAVER, Pittsfield, Mass.

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.