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Vintage Early 1900s David Family Portrait Studio Photo Sepia 5x7 Original Doane
Vintage original sepia gelatin-silver photograph in its brown folding Doane Studio cardstock folder with typical age-related handling and storage wear. Image surface shows light overall toning, scattered fine surface scuffs and handling lines visible in glare, faint soiling near the lower foreground, and mild edge and corner wear but no creases through the printed area. Folder exterior exhibits rubbing and age discoloration with scattered soiling spots, a small abrasion on the back panel, minor corner softening, and a tiny chip along the top edge, and the piece is offered as a single loose unframed portrait print housed in its original folding studio holder with no additional accessories included.
Original vintage early 20th century sepia-tone gelatin-silver studio photograph depicting a young family, with a handwritten caption identifying the sitters as David and family.
The father stands at the back in a three-piece suit and tie, resting one arm on the chair, while the seated mother in a simple day dress holds a baby in a light gown and dark shoes on her lap, and a toddler in a sailor-style outfit and lace-up boots leans against the arm of her chair before a plain curtain backdrop.
The print is made on semi-gloss gelatin-silver photo paper with warm sepia tonality, its corners tucked into paper corner mounts inside a mottled brown textured folding cardstock studio folder that opens vertically with an envelope-style flap.
Along the lower inner margin of the folder there is a handwritten blue-ink caption reading David & Family, and the exterior back panel carries a printed brown studio imprint for Doane Studio, Underbank St., Mercer, PA, providing local and photographer attribution.
This is a single original unframed studio portrait photograph presented in its original Doane Studio folder, suitable for collections focused on family and domestic-life imagery, vernacular portraiture, and early 20th century sepia gelatin-silver prints.
MSC192-148
