Lena Ashwell

Title

Lena Ashwell

Creation Date (Original)

about 1910

Description

Postcard--black and white, photo: seated woman in Victorian fashion. Photo titled "Lena Ashwell" "rotograph" series. Photo signed "Otto Sarony Co." Back of postcard "This card is a real photograph on bromide paper. The Rotograph Co. N.Y. City" Lena Ashwell, (9-28-1872--3-13-1957) was a British actress and manager known as the first person to organize large scale entertainment for troops at the front as she did during World War I.

Item Format or Genre

["cabinet photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Portraits"]

Subject (Person)

["Ashwell, Lena"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_002055

Item Details

Title

Lena Ashwell

Title Statement

Otto Sarony Co.

Additional Title(s)

Portrait of British actress and stage-manager Lena Ashwell

Description

Creation Date (Original)

about 1910

Category

["8: Communication Artifact"]

Subcategory

["Documentary Artifact"]

Material Type (WSCHS)

["Postcard"]

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["cabinet photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

Other Physical Details

black-and-white

Item Physical Dimensions

3 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Local History and Culture Theme

["Portraits"]

Subject (Person)

["Ashwell, Lena"]

Subject (Time Period)

1910-1919

WSCHS Subject (People)

["Sarony, Otto","Ashwell, Lena"]

WSCHS Subject (Topical)

["furniture--victorian","apparel-formal","el--Victorian"]

Geocoding Status

["No geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger

Original Collection Name

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Photographic Collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Western Sonoma County Historical Society

Local System Identifier

2055

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_002055

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Accession #

98-509 B

Original/Copy Note

Original

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS Archives: Rack A: Shelf 5: Box 7

Condition Notes

Good

Copyright Statement

Neither the Western Sonoma County Historical Society nor the Sonoma County Library make any assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in this records. However, these images are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Western Sonoma County Historical Society. Please contact the Society regarding additional reproduction and reuse information at: https://wschs.org/contact-us

Contributing Organizations

Western Sonoma County Historical Society, 261 South Main St., Sebastopol, CA 95472 (https://wschs.org)

Date Digitized

2008

Digitizing Agency

Western Sonoma County Historical Society, 261 South Main St., Sebastopol, CA 95472 (https://wschs.org)

Archival File Data Quality

["Medium resolution master file image (200 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Filename

casebwsc_pho_002055.jp2

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