Seated on a stool placed on a chair, Dorothy Tucker (1899-1986) examines something placed under a microscope, which her father may have owned or borrowed from Curtis High School in Staten Island, N.Y. where he taught physics at the time this photograph was taken, among other courses.
Charles Rollins Tucker, 1868-1956.
See our in-depth blog post with link below: Revealed: C.R. Tucker: Restless Wanderer with a Camera, to learn more.