Mary (Carruthers) Tucker, (1870-1940) spouse of amateur photographer C.R. Tucker, holds a bough of blossoms from an apple tree while wearing a hat adorned with flowers in this classic genre study celebrating womanhood in early spring.

print notes: Title to work supplied by this archive based on known subject; unsigned, however PhotoSeed additionally holds a later signed gelatin silver example of this photograph dated 1916. Adhesive remnants on primary mount verso indicate loss of secondary mount.