Location: midday on a dusty rise overlooking the sun-drenched town, where the large shadow of a wooden water tower provides a cool patch of shade against the bright, sunlit dirt and weathered timber Position: Dolores Abernathy sits on the cool dirt within the shade of the water tower, her skirts spread out around her as she rests her hands in her lap, looking at the viewer with a shy, hesitant expression and a soft, gentle smile; a medium shot Clothing: Dolores Abernathy is wearing a high-necked light-blue cotton prairie dress with a fitted bodice and long sleeves, a white petticoat visible beneath the hem, and practical brown leather boots