Title/Object Name: Parlor View
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1900
Physical Details: 4 x 3 inches
Description: Interior of unidentified home. Victorian parlor with wood or coal stove, a platform rocker, and a gas light fixture. The heavy draperies at the doorway, known as “portieres” were closed in cold weather to reduce drafts circulating through the house when the stove was in use.
Keywords: Residences, homes, domestic scenes, furniture, Wichita.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photographic Contact Print
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_R3-19.2.1
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