Studio portrait Calvin Cummins Armfield, Greentown, Indiana, circa 1905
| Description: |
An elderly man with a white beard sits in a wicker rocking chair on a fur rug, and he has a book, possibly a bible, open on his lap. A painted backdrop hangs behind him.By comparison to other photographs, this is Calvin Cummins Armfield (1821-1910), the stepfather of photographer Ira Gibson. [See also images ia-0238-c002-0148 and ia-0238-c002-0149.] |
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| Origin: | 1905, circa |
| Created By: |
Gibson, Ira Elsworth, 1868-1944 |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/9B3D9790-81D8-4E95-90D0-291519630062 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
Greentown, Howard County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Rachel Jenkins Collection / Ira Gibson Glass Negatives Older people Beards Portrait photographs Greentown (Ind.) Howard County (Ind.) |
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