Unknown man with no legs (only feet) standing on covered table or stool. Curly hair with receding hairline. Wears dark suit with velvet collar, white shirt, black silk tie. Child in center, age 5-9, blond curly hair parted on side. Wears dark sailor type top, buttons down center with bow tie, knee pants and dark boots. Unknown woman (mother?) sits to right. Hair worn close to head, tight curls flat on forhead. Wears small earings. Dark dress with stripe pattern forming squares. Ruffles above skirt hem. Vertical ruffles down front of skirt. Same trim on cuffs. Large buttons down center of bodice. Wide white collar nearly reaching shoulders lays flat. Marked on back, “Eli Bowen, Wife and Child. A. Newman Photographer. Ground floor Skylight 228 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia.
A. Newman, “Unknown man, child, woman,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed April 28, 2024, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/13817.Item 14183
