Carte-de-visite of a woman in Napa, California

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A carte-de-visite portrait of a middle-aged woman. Captured seated and gazing directly at the camera, a dark-haired woman with short hair bangs poses for her portrait wearing earrings, a long sleeve dress jacket, and bright collared shirt. Below the image, atop the tan photograph card, in blue ink, are the ‘Strong’ name and studio address [Third & Main Sts. / Napa, Cal.] imprints. On the reverse of the carte-de-visite is the graphite inscription “Jennings” along with several numerical inscriptions.

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