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Photograph

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1900-1930

GUSN

GUSN-12644

Description

Black painted wood frame has beaded edge with ribbing in-between. Under glass with a grey mat are mounted two black and white postcards, side by side. The one to the right shows a running brook with a peaked mountain in the background, and trees on the sides. The left card shows a river or a lake in the foreground with hills in the back and on the sides. Brown paper backing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

landscapes (representations)
photographs
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
photographs
reeding
wood (plant material)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
scenes (depictions)
Unidentified Paper
Glass
Unidentified Photograph
Beaded
Ribbed
Landscape
Scenic
PICTURE, LANDSCAPE

Inscription

A sticker on the back reads: The Picture Shop, 65 Bromfield Street, Boston.

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Dimensions

5.75 x 13.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1755

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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