Photographic Scrapbook of Taos, II
Artist
Cady Wells
(American, 1904 - 1954)
Date1936-1950
MediumBlack and white prints, paper, leather, glue
Dimensions9 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (22.9 x 39.4 x 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsBook
Credit LineGift of the Cady Wells Estate, 1982
Object number1982.16.47m
DescriptionAlbum of snapshots glued to black paper, leather or leather like binding. Recto: Photo of a black cross with a dramatic evening sky in the background and a dark line of the mountains. Verso: Four photos of family members together, one is of a woman in front of a careMuseum Notes
Recto: A photograph of a penitente cross.
Verso: Five photographs of Cady Wells's Southbridge, Massachusetts family home, clockwise from upper left: a photograph of Elizabeth Wells, Irene Kelly Wells, and Channing McGregory Wells; a photograph of Cady Wells, Mason Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Channing McGregory Wells, Turner, Gregory, Wells's grandmother, and Irene Kelly Wells; a photograph of Cady Wells with two women, possibly Elizabeth and Irene; a photograph of Cady Wells, Anita Cady, and Ella Miersch; and a photograph of an unidentified woman, possibly Elizabeth, next to a car.
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