Portrait of Anna and Natascha Rappo

Please visit the California Revealed website to see the most complete and up-to-date version of this object: https://repository.californiarevealed.org/node/342547. This photograph of Anna and Natascha Rappo is autographed to Mr. and Mrs. John Morrisey in German. It can be translated approximately to say: "To the friendly remembrance of Mrs. And Mr. Morrisey from Siberian siblings Anna and Natascha Rappo. San Francisco 11 January 1899". Sisters Anna and Natascha Rappo were Siberian folk dancers. Based on the autograph and photographer, the photograph was taken and signed while they were in San Francisco for a performance. Photograph taken by Frederick Bushnell. Founder of one of the major West Coast photographic studio chains, Bushnell was originally an employee of Theodore C. Marceau. Bushnell established a chain of franchises, hiring photographers for the San Francisco studio, training them, and setting them up in various West Coast cities. Box 1 Folder 29