Sample of picture taken by Grandmother Eleanora G. Colton & developed by her — about 1895? Pauline

Sample of picture taken by Grandmother Eleanora G. Colton & developed by her — about 1895? Pauline

That’s what it says on the back of the print, anyway. I like how she’s having some fun with some of the prints, using masks to play with shapes. This appears to have been printed on the paper that came in the box these photos came to me in. The box originally contained AMERICAN SELF TONING PAPER. Manufactured only by American Self Toning Paper Manufacturing Co., Newark; New Jersey.

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Mon Feb 04 2019