Wilford Louis Spruce [Photograph]

Descriptive Object

Identifier:
OBJ.O.2007.02
Description
A black and white studio photograph taken around 1912-13 by A. F. Orr of Old Town, ME. The subject is Wilford Louis Spence as a very young child. Spence was a lifelong resident of Milford and would be the town's Postmaster from 1942-1970, having been named Acting Postmaster in 1940. In the fashion of the time, the toddler in the photograph wears a genderless white gown trimmed in eyelet lace and buttoned leather booties.