The Prat Sisters: Free Spirits of the 1890s

In 1898, May Rosina Prat studied decorative leatherwork and bookbinding with Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff at the Elephant Bindery, New York City. Nordhoff died unexpectedly on November 2, 1898, at the age of 33, after a brief illness. May Rosina, her sister Minnie, and other former students kept the Elephant Bindery going after Nordhoff's death. By 1900, Minnie and May Rosina had opened their own bindery and leather working studio, the Primrose Bindery, at 37 West 22nd Street.

Date: 1899

Format: Photograph in album

Reference: Prat, Starr family Nova Scotia Archives 1985-524 no. 86, photo no. 9 /  negative: N-4443