Selections from the American Museum of Photography
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S. B. Revenaugh (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Woman Sweeping Floor near Seated Child
Albumen Print, circa 1890
Cabinet Card (4-1/4 x 6 inch mount)
There is something enigmatic about this image; the cheerful sweeper appears to be ignoring the seated boy. Perhaps this is not a portrait of a mother and child, but an occupational portrait of a woman whose job it was to clean the photographer’s studio.
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