The image is a black and white photograph depicting an elderly woman seated on a wooden rocking chair. She appears contemplative, with her chin resting in her hand as she gazes off to the side. The woman has short hair styled away from her face and wears glasses. Her attire consists of a lace-trimmed dress with floral patterns.
She is situated under a porch or an elevated structure made of wooden planks that serve as the background for this scene, suggesting it might be part of an older building such as "The Big House" mentioned in the caption reference from Wray Plantation, Georgia. The photograph has handwritten inscriptions along its edges indicating context and date: "(ROCK)" is written vertically on the right side while horizontal writing indicates a year "1905."
Southern lady of the old school on the veranda of the "Big House" of the Wray Plantation, Georgia
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