Postcard portrait of Mary J. (Rutledge) Nash.
Text on reverse (typeface):
"J.S. Anderson
PHOTOGRAPHER
State Street, East Side,
ROCKFORD, ILL."
Written at top:
"Mary . Rutledge
Nash"
There is a 2-cent Washington postage stamp with "1861" and something else written on it. This is the evidence for the date, assuming it was sent soon after being taken. If true, approximate age is sixteen years old.
JPEG files courtesy of Paul Peterson, received 15 Feb 2014.
abt. 1861