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The child is posed in an especially striking studio costume featuring an enormous dark hat with decorative trim and small top ornament, along with a broad lace collar and buttoned coat or dress. The oversized hat gives the portrait unusually strong visual appeal compared with more conventional children’s cabinet cards of the period.
The mount is prominently marked:
Lorin E. Miller
Alliance, O.
The reverse carries an elaborate printed studio backmark for Lorin E. Miller’s Studio, Stone Block, Alliance, Ohio, together with a Photographers’ Association of America emblem and a printed award medallion noting an “Award of Merit” to L. E. Miller for cabinet photographs exhibited at a Photographers’ Association convention in Chicago.
Lorin E. Miller is documented as a professional photographer working in Alliance, Ohio, under the name Miller’s Studio.
The sitter’s name, Lucile Bates, is handwritten directly beneath the photograph, adding useful genealogical and local-history interest.
A particularly appealing cabinet card for collectors of Victorian children, unusual hats and costume, named portraits, Ohio photography, Alliance history, cabinet cards, and historic American studio photography.
Approx. 4.25 x 6.5 inches.
Original period photograph, not a modern reproduction.
Condition is good overall for age with expected toning, light foxing/spotting, surface wear and minor mount wear. Please review all photographs carefully for exact condition.
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