"Spirit of the Wheat"

inscription:

.01: verso, graphite, "Spirit of the Wheat/ 2 [2 is circled]"; "1 pag"; wet stamp, "FRANCES and MARY ALLEN,/ DEERFIELD, MASS,/ All Rights Reserved." .02: verso, graphite, "Spirit of the Wheat/ 2 [2 is circled]"; wet stamp, "FRANCES and MARY ALLEN,/ DEERFIELD, MASS,/ All Rights Reserved."

description:

Line of young women in costume standing in a meadow and each holding a branch over her head.

references:

.05: Reproduced as Figure 33 in Suzanne L. Flynt "The Allen Sisters: Pictorial Photographers 1885-1920" (Deerfield, MA: PVMA, 2002).

keywords:

Colonial Revival
Costumes
Entertainment
Pageant, Theatricals