Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2013.11.0221 A—L
Accession#:
2013.11
Credit Line:
Donated by Susan Derrera.
Object Name:
Negative, Film
Title:
4/15/54 Messerschmidt
Photographer:
Alexander, Joseph
Place:
Juneau, Alaska
Date:
April 15, 1954
Year Range from:
1954
Year Range to:
1954
Description:
A: Envelope to hold negatives. Labeled: "4/15/54 Messerschmidt".
B: Negative in vertical view of a boy in a suit and tie, leaning over the back of an upholstered chair, with his hands folded over it. His gaze is slightly toward the right, past the camera. He smiles slightly.
C: Negative in vertical view of a different boy, dressed in a suit and a collared shirt without a tie, the collars spread over the lapels of his jacket. He sits in three quarter view with his hands folded in his lap, looking toward the camera.
D: Negative in vertical view of the same boy, this time leaning on the back of an upholstered chair, his hands folded over it.
E: Negative in vertical view of the first boy with the tie, seated on a cushioned ottoman with his hands folded over the back of an upholstered chair. He is shown in semi—profile, the camera being positioned slightly to his left.
F: Negative in vertical view of the same boy, positioned identically to the previous negative. The camera has shifted back to the right side of the boy.
G: Negative in vertical view of the second boy, again leaning over the back of the upholstered chair, hands folded.
H: Negative in vertical view of the same boy, positioned identically to the previous negative. The camera has come around to his left side, showing his seated position on the cushioned ottoman.
I: Negative in vertical view of the same boy, seated with one leg crossed over his lap. He gazes off to the left of the image, past the camera.
J: Negative in vertical view of the first boy with the tie, seated on the cushioned ottoman with his folded hands resting on the back of the upholstered chair. He is positioned toward the left of the image, but looks at the camera.
K: Negative in vertical view of the second boy without the tie, facing forward to the camera, gaze slightly above it. He sits with his hands folded over the back of the upholstered chair.
L: Negative in vertical view of the same boy, sitting with his hands in his lap. His body is oriented slightly to the image's right, but he looks at the camera.
People:
Alexander, Joseph
Derrera, Susan
Messerschmidt, George
Messerschmidt, Gus
Messerschmidt, Gustav Henry
Messerschmidt, Henry
Search Terms:
Portrait
Family
Childhood