Rare Signed 1898 Photo Mary Lowther Ranney Architect & Founder Westridge School animals the other with no marking

the other with no marking

it's just some crazing in the emulsion

all things considered

but let me know if you have any questions

Rare Signed 1898 Photo Mary Lowther Ranney Architect & Founder Westridge School animals the other with no markingOriginal 1898 cabinet photo of Mary Lowther Ranney, inscribed on the back in pen. Ranney (1871 1939) was a trained architect and educator, graduating from Kemper Hall Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin, attended classes at the newly established University of Chicago, and taught at the University School for Girls in Chicago. In 1904, at the age of 34, she moved to Pasadena, where she was a teacher as well as a draftsman for the famous Greene & Greene