The Snapshots in Time Collection

Family Portrait with Pierrot Dolls, Bancroft Family Collection, c. late 1940s–early 1950s

Family Portrait with Pierrot Dolls, Bancroft Family Collection, c. late 1940s–early 1950s

A personal family photograph from the Bancroft collection shows two women posed with decorative Pierrot dolls in a formal living room setting, reflecting mid-century American home life. Such personal images, preserved alongside military service records, help contextualize the family and home-front world of servicemen like Lt. Bancroft during the Korean War era. Project: 218201