The Cook, Jacksonville, Florida, No. 47 — C. Seaver, Jr.

A full-length outdoor portrait of a woman standing before a rough plank fence and looking directly toward the camera. She wears a striped dress with broad cuffs and dark horizontal bands at the hem, a pale apron, and dark shoes. At her right side she holds what appears to be a closed book. The fence fills the background, leaving a narrow strip of bare ground beneath her feet.

The yellow mount is captioned “No. 47. The Cook.” Its side imprints read “The Southern Series.” and “Jacksonville, Florida.” and credit the photograph to C. Seaver, Jr., with publication by Chas. Pollock, Boston. The publisher’s title supplies an occupational identification rather than a personal name; the sitter and the precise Jacksonville location remain unidentified. No date is printed on the card.

The two arched-top photographs are mounted side by side on a rounded-corner card. The unprinted reverse carries unidentified ink initials and pencil notations, but no further caption or publisher’s checklist. Patches of surface skinning and paper residue on the reverse are consistent with removed labels; the card is otherwise sound, with both photographic images intact.