The Snapshots in Time Collection

Elderly Woman in Dark Dress Beside Farmhouse and Woodpile, c. 1920s

Elderly Woman in Dark Dress Beside Farmhouse and Woodpile, c. 1920s

An elderly woman poses beside her farmhouse, a neatly stacked woodpile and garden bed nearby. Her formal dark dress with lace collar and beaded necklace reflects modest, dignified fashion for older women in the 1920s, and portraits like this were cherished keepsakes within family photo albums. Project: 218574