Photograph album of landscape and floral studies in Colorado
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Description
- Title
- Photograph album of landscape and floral studies in Colorado
- Creator
- Hood, Irene Elizabeth Jerome, 1858-1945
- Published / Created
- 1908.
- Abstract
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Photograph album of cyanotype photographs created by Irene Elizabeth Jerome Hood and and compiled in the volume for Elspeth "Elsie" Mary Rattle on August 7, 1908, which chiefly depict landscape and floral studies in Colorado
Identified locations in Colorado include Buffalo Creek (referred to as Buffalo Park), Chair Mountain, Cheyenne Canyon , Estes Park, Lion Head, Longs Peak, and Wellington Lake
Floral studies in nature, as well as in still lifes, include examples of Anemone, Cactaceae (cactus), Calochortus (Mariposa lily), Campanula rotundifolia (harebell), Glaucium flavum (horned poppy), Leucocrinum montanum (sand lily), Mentzelia (vesper flower), Oenothera caespitosa (morning primrose), Penstemon (beardtongue), Rosa woodsii (wild roses), and Yucca. A floral study laid in the album includes a wedding toast, "To the Bride," attributed to Anna Lewis
- Description
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Irene Elizabeth Jerome Hood (1858-1945) was an artist and photographer. She was born in Ellicottville, New York, to Charles Jerome (1815-1873) and Elizabeth Reed Jerome (1825-1858). In 1887, she married attorney Thomas H. Hood (1856-1946). She died in Colorado.
Elspeth "Elsie" Mary Rattle (1886-1981) was a social worker with the Denver Department of Public Welfare in Colorado. She was the daughter of Thomas Stuart Rattle (18541934) and Sarah Adele Archdeacon Rattle (1856-1908) and sister of Paul Stuart Rattle (1882-1873). She graduated from Wellesley College in 1910.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript captions on leaves. - Provenance
- Purchased from James Arsenault & Company on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3 , 2012.
- Extent
- 1 album (36 photographic prints) : 14.8 x 22.9 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Digitization Note
- Blanks not digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 500
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
Photograph albums
Photographic prints - Material
- cyanotype, b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Colorado
Jefferson County
Buffalo Creek (Colo.)
Cathedral Spires (Colo.)
Chair Mountain (Colo.)
Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)
Estes Park (Colo.)
Lion Head (Colo.)
Longs Peak (Colo.)
Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
Wellington Lake (Colo.) - Subject (Name)
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Hood, Irene Elizabeth Jerome, 1858-1945.
Lewis, Anna, poet.
Rattle, Elspeth Mary, 1886-1981. - Subject (Topic)
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Mountains
Reservoirs
Wild flowers - Subjects
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Hood, Irene Elizabeth Jerome, 1858-1945
Lewis, Anna, poet
Rattle, Elspeth Mary, 1886-1981
Mountains > Colorado > Pictorial works
Reservoirs > Colorado > Jefferson County > Pictorial works
Wild flowers > Colorado > Pictorial works
Buffalo Creek (Colo.) > Pictorial works
Cathedral Spires (Colo.) > Pictorial works
Chair Mountain (Colo.) > Pictorial works
Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.) > Pictorial works
Colorado > Pictorial works
Estes Park (Colo.) > Pictorial works
Lion Head (Colo.) > Pictorial works
Longs Peak (Colo.) > Pictorial works
Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) > Pictorial works
Wellington Lake (Colo.) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Irene Elizabeth Jerome Hood, Photograph Album of Landscape and Floral Studies in Colorado. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11714774
- Object ID (OID)
- 10730272
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