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Exterior view of a house with four people sitting on the porch, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Large - Special Photographs - Geo - Massachusetts - Oak Bluffs

GUSN

GUSN-173770

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Description

An exterior view of a house with four people, three women and a man, sit in rocking chairs and regular chairs on a porch in Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. There are two rooftops attached to the house; the one over the porch has an American flag reaching out over the top of it while the other has a tree limb in front of it.

Details

Descriptive Terms

houses
rocking chairs
exterior views
porches
dwellings
chairs (furniture forms)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

$15, E-500 (handwritten)

Physical Description

1 photograph ; 5 1/2 x 8 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1987-04-01

Reference Code

PC001.02.03.TMP.034

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

8 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Oak Bluffs (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Massachusetts)
Martha's Vineyard (Dukes county, Massachusetts) [island]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Large - Special Photographs - Geo - Massachusetts - Oak Bluffs

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