L3.196 Bleek, Doris, Helma and Margie [ca. 1899]

L3.196 Bleek, Doris, Helma and Margie [ca. 1899]

Photographs and Portraits

1899

Cabinet print. Studio portrait. Left to right: Doris, Helma and Margie Bleek. Photographer: Theodor Penz. Berlin W. Charlottenburg, Tauenzienstr. 13a. Written in pencil on the back: Margie, Doris & Helma.

The photographer's imprint on the back of the photograph is identical to that of Item #94 above, the photograph of Jemima Bleek and her daughters taken by Penz. It is dated "1899" in pencil on the back. In 1899 Doris was 25. The clothes that the sisters are wearing differ from those in Item #94 but the girls look very much the same in age. In 1899 Margie began her medical studies in Zurich, She died in Italy on Dec. 16, 1902.