Details
Creator Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920.
Contributor Universal View Co., distributor.
Title The new woman barber. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Lawrence, Kan. : William H. Rau, publisher ; Sold only by Universal View Co
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1897
Date c1897
Physical Description 1 photographic print : gelatin silver on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description Genre photograph satirizing the "new woman" depicting a scantily clad female barber sitting with her legs crossed and holding a razor in mid-air as she prepares to shave the beard of her frightened male patron.
Is part of Unidentified series X110
Notes Title printed on mount.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Buff curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Women.
Men.
Barbering.
Relations between the sexes.
Shaving.
Women's rights.
Portraits and genre.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1890-1900.
Stereographs -- 1890-1900.
Genre photographs -- 1890-1900.
Satires (Visual works) -- 1890-1900.
Printer Universal View Co., distributor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Rau - Portraits & genre [P.2008.9]
Accession number P.2008.9