Description
Acquired during the summer of 2020, this collection of digitized glass plate negatives produced in the mid-1890s depicts the life of Pingry student and successful artist Jo Mora, along with Jo's brother, renowned artist F. Luis Mora. Many of the images herein were taken at Pingry's Parker Road campus in Elizabeth and in the surrounding area.
Originally part of the Mora family's personal archives, these negatives were donated to Pingry following their use as reference for Lynne Pauls Baron's biography "F. Luis Mora: America’s First Hispanic Master" by Lucinda Hogarty, a neighbor of Baron.
Originally part of the Mora family's personal archives, these negatives were donated to Pingry following their use as reference for Lynne Pauls Baron's biography "F. Luis Mora: America’s First Hispanic Master" by Lucinda Hogarty, a neighbor of Baron.