Photograph album of cyanotype photographs created by Irene Elizabeth Jerome Hood and and compiled in the volume for Elspeth "Elsie" Mary Rattle on August 7, 1908, which chiefly depict landscape and floral studies in Colorado, Identified locations in Colorado include Buffalo Creek (referred to as Buffalo Park), Chair Mountain, Cheyenne Canyon , Estes Park, Lion Head, Longs Peak, and Wellington Lake, and Floral studies in nature, as well as in still lifes, include examples of Anemone, Cactaceae (cactus), Calochortus (Mariposa lily), Campanula rotundifolia (harebell), Glaucium flavum (horned poppy), Leucocrinum montanum (sand lily), Mentzelia (vesper flower), Oenothera caespitosa (morning primrose), Penstemon (beardtongue), Rosa woodsii (wild roses), and Yucca. A floral study laid in the album includes a wedding toast, "To the Bride," attributed to Anna Lewis
Description:
Irene Elizabeth Jerome Hood (1858-1945) was an artist and photographer. She was born in Ellicottville, New York, to Charles Jerome (1815-1873) and Elizabeth Reed Jerome (1825-1858). In 1887, she married attorney Thomas H. Hood (1856-1946). She died in Colorado., Elspeth "Elsie" Mary Rattle (1886-1981) was a social worker with the Denver Department of Public Welfare in Colorado. She was the daughter of Thomas Stuart Rattle (18541934) and Sarah Adele Archdeacon Rattle (1856-1908) and sister of Paul Stuart Rattle (1882-1873). She graduated from Wellesley College in 1910., Title devised by cataloger., and Manuscript captions on leaves.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado, Jefferson County, Buffalo Creek (Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Colo.), Chair Mountain (Colo.), Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), Estes Park (Colo.), Lion Head (Colo.), Longs Peak (Colo.), Rio Grande (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.), and Wellington Lake (Colo.)
Subject (Name):
Hood, Irene Elizabeth Jerome, 1858-1945., Lewis, Anna, poet., and Rattle, Elspeth Mary, 1886-1981.
