A 4"x5" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Lillie Andrews, Ulysses, Nebraska, wearing a long-sleeve wool jacket with large, stiff, Medici-style collar outlined with three rows of top-stitching and white blouse, her curly blond hair pulled back and secured with a large black velvet bow and a black velvet hat with a row of feathers around the tilted brim, black Point d'esprit netting and black velvet ribbons on the crown with fabric rosette, brooch and wired beads.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00040290001
Source
Original format: 4"x5" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
Lillie M. Andrews was born in Illinois, May 1866. According to 1900 Census records, Lillie and her husband, Alexander, were living in rural Butler County, Nebraska, where Alexander was a farmer. They had four children: Gertrude, Vera, Alfred and Carl.
