Carte-de-visite portrait of Susie Bruce

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Carte-de-visite of Susie Bruce shown in full portrait. Bruce is seated with her body turned one quarter to her right, though her face is turned to the camera. Her left hand rests in her lap and her right elbow is propped on a table covered in a floral cloth. Her hair is gathered in a snood at the back of her head. She wears a dark colored dress with dropped sleeves and a full skirt. There is a double-lined border printed in gold ink surrounding the outside edges of the card mount. There is a mark on the back of the photograph for S.J. Fowler. The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Susie Bruce".

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