Two Children Blowing Soap Bubbles

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Frances and Mary Allen of Deerfield, Masachusetts, photographed these children amusing themselves by blowing soap bubbles with a clay pipe.  The sisters were uniquely female in a male-dominated art form and were characterized further by taking primarily artistic and often nostalgic, rather than documentary photographs.  Their work was popular during the national Colonial Revival Movement, when an increasingly industrialized world inspired many to remember fondly a simpler past.

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Item typePhotograph
PhotographerAllen, Frances and Mary
Datecirca 1907
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
TopicFamily, Children, Marriage, Courtship
Social Activities, Entertainment, Recreation
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPhotography
Catalog #1996.14.2016
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Allen, Frances and Mary, photographer. Two Children Blowing Soap Bubbles. Photograph. ca. 1907. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1996-14-2016/. Accessed on December 6, 2024.

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