Sunday, June 22, 2008

History Sunday

Description: Photograph of Letta Crapo-Smith taken by F. Friend. Annotated on reverse by Detroit painter Helen Keep, "Letta Crapo-Smith, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. H. H. H. Crapo-Smith. The first person from Detroit to have a picture in the Paris Salon, [signed] Helen L. Keep." Crapo-Smiths (1862-1921) was a painter from Detroit, Michigan.


The Smithsonian has a photostream on Flickr of all kinds of pictures from its collection available for your viewing and use. At last, your taxpayer dollars work for you.

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