Portrait of Irene Joliot-Curie : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
Portrait of Irene Joliot-Curie : Preservation Lab Treatment Report
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Ebert, Jessica
McCoy, Matthew
Ebert, Jessica
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2026-01-30
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This item is a framed photograph of Irene Joliot-Curie, daughter of Marie Curie from the Oesper History of Chemistry collection. The photograph appears to be a matte collodion print and features an embossed stamp in its bottom right corner that reads “Dora Horowitz K.6. | Wien I. | Stubenring 2.”. The photograph is mounted with an unknown adhesive along its top edge to a thick, off-white paper back mat. The back mat features a simple embossed border surrounding the photograph and features an ink inscription below the photograph from Irene Joliot-Curie herself that reads “To the students of chemistry | of the University of Cincinnati | I. Joliot Curie”. On the verso of the back mat in the top left corner is a graphite inscription which reads “annee(?) | 1936”. There is also an ink inscription on the back mat’s verso below the embossed boarder that reads “Return to | Ralph E. Oesper | University of Cincinnati”. The photograph is framed in a simple slim wooden frame with a cardboard backing board, held in place by six diamond-shaped metal inserts. The back of the frame features metal hanging wire attached through eye hooks that have been screwed into the frame, as well as two pieces of cloth tape attached to the bottom two corners. There are two clear resin bumpers attached to the bottom corners of the cardboard backing board.