PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN : McMINNVILLE, OREGON : IDENTIFIED AS MINNIE MILLER

This cabinet card features a pretty young woman posing for her portrait at the Fritz studio in McMinnville, Oregon. Note the pin at her collar and the large bow on the left shoulder of her dress. An inscription on the reverse of the photograph identifies the woman as “Minnie Miller”. According to one source, According to one source, Charles Fritz (1854-1899) operated the “Fritz Superior Gallery” in McMinnville in the year 1891. During his career he also operated studios in Hillsboro, Portland, and Forest Grove in the state of Oregon. (SOLD)

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ACCIDENTALLY RISQUE WOMAN IN MCMINNVILLE, OREGON

This Cabinet Card is an image of 18 year-old Mary Earhart. The reverse of the card has pencil writing with her identification as well as the information that she was 5 foot and 3 inches, and weighed 137 1/2 pounds. It is unusual to find these statistics on the reverse of a cabinet card.. This image  is also unique because it appears that it shows the young woman’s ample bust in too much detail. Risque Cabinet Cards that emphasized  a woman’s breasts or cleavage seems to have been typically reserved for women who were prostitutes or actresses; and of course many people did not believe there was a difference between the two occupations. Perhaps this image was saved rather than destroyed by Ms Earhart but kept in a private place. The photographer was Fritz of the Superior Gallery in McMinnville, Oregon.

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