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Creator Role

manufacturer publisher copyrighter

Description

The stereograph contains a black and white image of a woman dressed in a maid's uniform sitting on a table's top with a bowl in her lap. A man stands to her right with his arm around her shoulders and hand beneath her chin. The image is mounted on a gray-color paper card.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

ca. 1903

Measurement

3 1/2 X 7 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

albumen print on paper card mount

Inscription

recto, vertical left: Keystone View Company / Copyright 1903, by / Manufacturers B. L. Singley. Made in U.S.A. Publishers recto, vertical right: Meadville, Pa., St. Louis, Mo., Portland, Ore. / New York, N. Y., Toronto Can., London, Eng. recto, bottom right: 12314-(c) "French cooks are the dearest one can hire, / But they're the kind I thoroughly admire." verso, vertical right stamped: GIVEN FEB. 28. 193[1] / BY WM. S. APPLETON"

Subjects

Adultery; Kitchens; Women household employees

Work Type

stereograph

Class

photos

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

ID

6515

Digital ID

FVW_06515

Current Location

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

French Cooks are the Dearest one can Hire, But They're the Kind I Thoroughly Admire.

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