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Old Fisher Mansion, Edgartown, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-175198

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Description

On a street in Edgartown, Massachusetts, three children stand next to a fence in front of the Old Fisher Mansion.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mansions
picket fences
streets
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

No. 239 / Series : A / By: Baldwin Coolidge / Rec'd 17 Apt. 1918 ; From : 803 / Subject : Old Fisher Mansion Edgartown, Mass. / Dr. Daniel Fisher was in the whale oil and candle business, Edgartown. Now (1931) the mansion stands, but the building on either side was removed, making them about 1880? (information from Mr. Marshall Shepard) (handwritten)

Physical Description

1 photograph ; 5 x 8 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0910.0030.001

Image Dimensions

5 x 8 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Edgartown (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

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