The toddler brushing her hair in front of a mirror is believed to be the youngest daughter of photographer Clarence Maxwell Rogers, Margaret Rodgers. (b. 1900) (1.) A discarded doll lies on its side at far right of composition. The photograph likely taken ca. 1902-03.
Published: The Camera: March, 1904: p. 96: halftone, credit to Rodgers as photographer and Competition No. 59 printed at left side of page below image.
Provenance: Purchased for this archive in August, 2021 from a Florida dealer who stated it was included with other pictures and documents related to several generations of related families, (including a gentleman named Richard Blanchard) covering the years roughly the mid-late 19th Century through mid-20th Century.
1. Margaret Gray Rodgers Read: 1900-1982.