Mrs. Benjamin Gill

Mrs. Benjamin Gill

Item Information

Title:
Mrs. Benjamin Gill
Description:
A portrait photograph of a woman looking to be about middle age, wearing a dress with a ruffled lace collar and with her hair up in a twist. She is looking off camera to the left.
Name on Item:
VanNorman's Studio Springfield, Mass.
Date:
[ca. 1880–1897]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Wilbraham Public Library
Collection (local):
Wilbraham Town Archives Photographic Collection
Series:
People
Subjects:
Women
Clothing & dress
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Wilbraham
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6w92b978p
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Notes:
Handwriting on the back of the cabinet card reads “Mrs. Benjamin Gill”. Lucy Whitman married Benjamin Gill in Newton, Massachusetts in 1870. He was a teacher at Wesleyan Academy and they lived in Wilbraham by 1880 according to census records. She died in 1897 and is buried at Woodland Dell Cemetery.
Identifier:
WPL-TA8-0013