Another extant unmounted print of this photograph: “Curtis High School Girl”,  includes the name Eloise Poulin (?) crossed out-perhaps the name of the subject. This particular portrait was displayed with others over the fireplace mantle of the artist’s New Dorp home. The artist began teaching physics as one of the first faculty members of Curtis High School on Staten Island, when it opened in 1904.

This mounted print is from a series of photographs bearing the artists signature and date 1916 at lower right corner that are believed to be from earlier negatives ca. 1905-10. The uniformity of the brown cardstock mounts indicates they were intended as exhibition prints.

Charles Rollins Tucker, 1868-1956.

See our in-depth blog posts with links below: Revealed: C.R. Tucker: Restless Wanderer with a Camera, & Rescued: Dorothy Tucker: For the Love of a Daughter, to learn more.