Photograph Of Lafayette A. Skeens With Two Purebred Perchions, Arbac & Ritta

UPHAM, ALICE PHOEBE LEE [PHOTOGRAPHER]

Publication: River City Studio, nd (ca 1915), River City

8" x 10" silver gelatin photograph on a 12" x 13 3/4" tan mount with gray borders. Photograph of LaFayette A. Skeens standing in a field in Landing, Idaho while holding the reins of two horses who are standing on either side of him. Alice Phoebe Lee Upham was a female photographer in rural southern Idaho in the early twentieth century. Upham acquired Power City Studio from Nathan Reinman in 1910. "The Power City Studio was sold this week to Miss Alice Lee. Mr. Reinman will now devote his time to a dry farm. Miss Lee is an experienced hand at this work. Having devoted several years to it, and came here from Aberdeen, S.D., where she was employed in one of that city's largest galleries. The business will be carried on at the same location under the same name." - American Falls Press (12/24/1910). Photograph lightly soiled; corners of mount are scraped and bumped and with a 2" closed bump and tear to mount on right side, not affecting photograph. Image has very nice contrasts.

Inventory Number: 49288