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Exterior view of a fishing storage shed, Biddeford, Maine, ca. 1880

Description

This is the exterior of a fishing storage shed in Biddeford Pool, Maine. There are tools, canvas, barrels and netting strewn on the platform leading into the building.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sheds (storage structures)
storage
fishing
nets (objects)
barrels (containers)
canvas
tools
exterior views
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

50966-a similar from special photos 3567 + 3565 / No. 315 Series A / Made 1883 By Baldwin Coolidge / Recd 17 / Sept 1918 / From 3567 / Subject / Fishing / Gear / Biddeford Pool, Me (handwritten)

Physical Description

1 photograph ; 5 x 8 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USME.0210.0020.001

Image Dimensions

5 x 8 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Biddeford (York county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Architectural photography

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 22-23

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Special photographs - Geo - Maine - Biddeford Pool

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