Hattie DeBar [Detail, Back] · WRSTL PLACE

Item sets: Digital Public History Class; Women of 18th and 19th Century America; St. Louis Topic: The Civil War

Title: Hattie DeBar [Detail, Back]
Description: Half-length portrait of a curly haired woman wearing a dress with fringe around the sleeves and collar. There is a full-length portrait of the same woman in on the reverse side. "Mrs. Ben DeBar (Hattie Vall??)" (written above full-length portrait). Hattie DeBar was the wife of Ben DeBar, the proprietor of the St. Louis Theater during the Civil War.
Creator: Unknown
Subject: Theater; American Civil War; Women's History
Temporal Coverage: 1861-1865
Date: ca. 1861-1865
Format: Photograph
Identifier: P0004-3050
Medium: Image, Photograph
Source: Missouri Historical Society, Photos and Prints Department