This cabinet card captures the the charm and innocence of a very fashionable young girl. She appears comfortable in front of the camera. She appears to be in her teenage years. The photographer of this pretty girl is Canadian born, John Jefferson Gibson and he took this photo at his Ann Arbor studio. He was a portrait photographer in Michigan in the 1880’s to 1893. Gibson also had studios during his career in Bay City and Detroit, Michigan. He married a Ypsilanti resident, May Clark, in 1889. Gibson was the official portrait photographer at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. The Gibsons stayed in Chicago after fair and they opened a photography studio. Gibson died in 1902 at a young age (between 30 and 40 years-old). His cause of death was tuberculosis. After his death, his wife took over the studio and eventually it became the Montgomery Wards Portrait studio. Jefferson took many series of photos at the University of Michigan and this work has been published in Journals and it is currently held at the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. (SOLD)
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