This cabinet card portrait features a well dressed young dark eyed girl. Her hair is styled in long ringlets. She is wearing earrings and an interesting necklace. The photographer is S. H. Cope of Norristown, Pennsylvania. Norristown is six miles northwest of Philadelphia. The town was named for Isaac Norris, a member of the colonial Pennsylvania legislature. Norris ordered the casting of the state house bell that later became known as the Liberty Bell. (SOLD)
BEJEWELED YOUNG GIRL : LONG RINGLETS : NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA : CABINET CARD
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I am a descendant of S. H. Cope and have many family photographs taken by him and/or his father, John L. Based on dateable photographs I have, I can date this photograph as taken between 1890 and 1894.