Lot 97

Lot 97

Outstanding large mounted warm toned photograph showing fourteen young women proudly posed holding brooms, with a smiling U.S. soldier standing in center back of the group. Wearing lovely white dresses with matching sailor style hats, they all wear a sash that reads U.A. Jewell No.12 which corresponds to the brooms. A bonus is that almost all of the women are smiling, which is rare for a large group during this period. We couldn’t find any information on U.A Jewell through a quick search but speculate that because of the soldier this was a company producing brooms and other materials for the military in the west. The image has beautiful rich tones and contrast. There is very light typical wear and one small stain on the left side border as seen. The mount has some wear and rounding to a couple of the corners.  By Hyland, Portland, OR.