Jean Thomas in polka dot dress with GOLD COAST briefcase.
Title
Jean Thomas in polka dot dress with GOLD COAST briefcase .
Creator
Thomas, Jean, 1881-1982 (collector)
Description
Jean Thomas holds and examines a sculpture of an oarsman . She is standing outside her 'Wee House in the Wood ' in Ashland , Kentucky , wearing a polka dot dress and pearls . On her arm is an African briefcase with an inlaid pattern . The briefcase had been a gift from former employer Leonard J . Schwartz , for whom Thomas did stenographic work in New York before he became Trade Commissioner to the Gold Coast of Africa . In her semi-autobiographical book 'The Sun Shines Bright ' (New York : Prentice-Hall , 1940) , Thomas describes the bag as 'a unique hand-tooled brief case of rich crimson leather , interlaced with strips of white and black kid... ' (p . 157) .
Subject
Women Dresses Necklaces Handbags Sculpture
People Pictured
Thomas, Jean, 1881-1982
Location Depicted
Ashland (Ky.) Boyd County (Ky.)
Date Original
1942? - 1950?
Object Type
Negatives
Source
2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. b&w nitrate negative. Item no. 1979.33.0089 in the Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman, Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman, Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/jthom/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1979.33.0089
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