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Contributed by Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society

Description

Identified as “Mrs. Riggs” this is likely Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” Riggs (1871-1950) wife to William Wyman Riggs, both Kingfield residents. Lizzie Riggs posed for Chansonetta Emmons in the hollyhock filled Streeter garden in Kingfield.

As a woman, Chansonetta Stanley Emmons had unprecedented access to women’s lives and their trust, this image of Lizzie Riggs pouring water through a sluice helps to document women’s work in the twentieth century.

This image is likely part of a slide program compiled by Chansonetta Stanley Emmons to show audiences. Her daughter Dorothy Emmons is thought to have hand-tinted these lantern slides.

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About This Item

• Title: Streeter garden, Kingfield, ca. 1910
• Creator: Chansonetta Stanley Emmons
• Creation Date: circa 1910
• Subject Date: circa 1910
• Location: Kingfield, Franklin County, ME
• Media: Lantern slide, hand colored
• Dimensions: 6 cm x 7.5 cm
• Local Code: Coll. 4040, Box 6/A074; 1990.PHO1.A074
• Collection: Chansonetta Stanley Emmons photograph collection
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Gardens
• Photographers--Maine
• Wells
• Women
• Magic lantern shows
• Women photographers--Maine Emmons, Chansonetta Stanley, 1858-1937
• Women photographers--United States--History--20th century.

People

• Emmons, Chansonetta Stanley

Other Keywords

• Flower gardens
• Hollyhocks
• Wells
• Women's dress

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For more information about this item, contact:

Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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