I quite often can tell you what attracts me to a photograph and why I added it to the collection. I know that this young girl has a sweetness and benevolence of expression that reminds me of photos of my mother when she was a child – an expression she never lost when she became a woman, a wife, mother and grandmother, even to the last day of her long life. The photo is suffused with light and has no sharp edges, all the more appropriate to the apparent personality of this subject.
The incised photographer's stamp on the card appears to be Mrs. Tennant, most unusual if I read it correctly, located in Newport News, VA; I think it was taken after 1915 (2.25" x 3.75"). Her dress may suggest a modest station in life.