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Double portrait of Misses Frances Greely Stevenson and Martha Curtis Stevenson, sitting in chairs, facing front, 32 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1895

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1895

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-R-2

GUSN

GUSN-167583

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Description

Miss Frances Greely Stevenson (on the left) and Miss Martha Curtis Stevenson (on the right) sit in chairs at 28-32 Mount Vernon Street, the Greely Stevenson Curtis House in Boston, Massachusetts. The women were the daughters of Jonathan Greely Stevenson and sisters to Annie Brace Stevenson. The sisters were involved in philanthropic activities and lived together in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
philanthropists
women (female humans)
interior views
houses
dwellings
interior decoration
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

ACCESS ID 2173
Old ID 2209.00

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches

Collection Code

PC002

Collection Name

Domestic interiors photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

Sept. 17, 1918

Reference Code

PC002.USMA.Boston.056.21

Image Dimensions

10 x 8 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston, Mass.
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (photographer)

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Stevenson, Frances Greely, 1833-1922
Stevenson, Martha Curtis, 1830-1916
Stevenson, J. G. (Jonathan Greely), 1799-1835
Stevenson, Annie Brace, 1835-1917
Curtis, Greely "Steen" Stevenson, 1830-1897

Subjects

Architectural photography
Mt. Vernon Street (Boston, Mass.)
Dogs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-R-2

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