Title

A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: David M. Clarkson.

Caption

A social gathering in the veranda room, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Group portrait shows people described in Eleanor Pray's letter of July 14, 1899: "I send you two blueprints from Mr. [David] Clarkson's negatives. The one taken in our morning room is said to be the best of me that has been taken. I am on the end, then Mr. Johns (of Chicago), Mrs. [Sarah] Smith, Mr. Bell, Mrs. Bunker, Mr. Bunker (of San Francisco), Mrs. Johns, Fred [Pray, far right], and Mr. Miller [center front]. The elbow at the extreme right is fastened to Mr. [William] Davidson, but he didn't come out because he was too stout, I told him." Frederick Pray's photograph of this occasion is no. 52 in the album. Photograph album of Pray family expatriate life in Vladivostok, Russia.

Date

1899

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A02_212

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

28,1Mb (916,1Kb) / 16,5in x 6,6in / 4960 x 1981 (300dpi)

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