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This 1917 calendar print titled "My Violet" is signed Zula Kenyon. This same woman, whom we strongly believe to be Irma, appears in several other Kenyon portraits. But was Beatrice Tonnesen the photographer? My guess is she was, but with only a drape for costuming and no props or furnishings in the background(s), it's difficult to know for certain.
30 images have been posted in Slideshow Album 9. Navigate to Screen 2 of the Slideshow Gallery. There was wide variation in source material and original image quality, as represented in the results.
I purchased photograph (print?) by “Tonnesen Sisters” Copyright 1900 of a cute little girl reading a newspaper wearing a bonnet and glasses at a auction a couple years ago. It is marked “Chicago Inter Ocean June 16, 1901,” and also has a mark “MULTI-PLATINUM PRINTS, A.L. SWIFT & CO., CHICAGO.” It was sandwiched between two plates of glass and the photograph’s face is now stuck to the glass. Is there a way to have it safety removed from the glass? Thank you.
Hi Keith,
I really don’t have any expertise in this area. You might want to contact the R.A. Fox Society, http://www.rafoxsociety.com. They are a group of print collectors and I think I recall a feature in their newsletter about such things. Good luck!
Lois
HI,
I RECENTLY BOUGHT A PASTEL PRINT AT AN ESTATE SELL IT IS CALLED, LITTLE BITS OF SUNSHINE SENT DOWN FROM HEAVEN SO BLUE. NUMBER 21589. IT HAS PRINT FROM TONNESEN. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PRINT. THANKS DAWN
Hi Dawn,\nThanks for writing. I don’t know that title. Is it possible for you to send us an image of the print?\nLois