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1900-1920
GUSN-12635
Black and white photograph of a group of 12 men standing aboard a ship. Ralph May is in the back row, third from the right. Black painted wood frame has a beaded outer edge. Under glass with a tan colored mat with a beveled edge. Backed by pine board and with black paper.
portraits
photographs
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
beveling
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
photographs
wood (plant material)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
portraits
ships
Glass
Unidentified Paper
Unidentified Photograph
Beveled
Beaded
Men
Portrait
Ship
PICTURE, PORTRAIT
A torn sticker on the back reads: .....[Montgomery's] Music and Art Store, ....[6 Peasant] St., Portsmouth, N.H.
May, Ralph, 1882-1973
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
10.875 x 14.563 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1750
Probably New Hampshire (United States)
probably
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