DescriptionSepia tone photo of Mildred Avantario posed for graduation photo, Hoboken, no date, circa June 1940. 4" x 6" print in photographer's frame, 5-7/8" wide x 8-1/2" high. Photograph taken by The Paap Studio, P. Morrone, Proprietor, 301 First St., Hoboken (as stamped on frame.) Reverse of photo is blank. Frame, embossed paper and cardboard, two tones, has a diploma motif. Cover glass cracked as received and discarded. While the girl is not identified on this item, it accompanied a June 1940 autograph album (archives 2009.006.0071) belonging to Avantario and was used for inscriptions by well wishers on her graduation on June 24, 1940 from Joseph F. Brandt Junior High School. It was the end of ninth grade, thus she is probably 14-16 years of age. Whether the diploma she holds is her actual diploma or a studio prop is unknown. Another photograph, 2009.006.0075, also accompanied this photo and the album. It is also apparently Avantario a few years older, probably at the time of her high school graduation circa 1943.