Accession number
PML 186644
Published
1950.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
Library's copy housed in green cloth slipcase.
Portrait matted and mounted in cardstock photo folder.
Portrait of Sylvia Plath for her graduation from Bradford Senior High School (now Wellesley High School) in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Portrait matted and mounted in cardstock photo folder.
Portrait of Sylvia Plath for her graduation from Bradford Senior High School (now Wellesley High School) in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Description
1 photographic print.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in ink by Plath on inside of photo folder: Dear Ruthie [i.e. Ruth Freeman Geissler] - Here's to all the terrific times we've had together since we were knee-high to a grasshopper. Remember all the summers we've spent together at camp and all the sleepless nights we chattered till dawn? Let's always be the best of friends, and follow in our mothers' footsteps through the years - Love, Sylvia; on mat frame at upper left: To Ruthie-; at lower right: Love, Sylvia 1950.
Provenance
Ruth Freeman Geissler; Carter Burden.
Summary
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Sylvia Plath, turned 3/4 to the left, wearing a white or light colored eyelet blouse with collar.
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