414/8 - Boudoir Studio Photo

Image 414/8 - Boudoir Studio Photo
Image 414/8 - Boudoir Studio Photo

This risque (for the time) photo has the image number "414/8" in the lower left corner and a tiny signature in the lower right. It is the only Frasch studio photo known to date. We were told that a flash powder accident in Minnesota caused Otto gave up studio photography before he came to Seattle, so it is a surprise to find one. The postcard has a divided back, so the photo was not taken before 1907 when Otto might have been working in Minnesota.

We do not know the name of the woman. There was some pencil writing on the back, but it has been erased. We presume that the photo was a gift for her husband.

Image 414/8 - Boudoir Studio Photo photo signature (greatly enlarged)
Image 414/8 - Boudoir Studio Photo photo signature (greatly enlarged)