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Mount Desert, Great Head

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Large - Special photographs - Geo - Maine - Mt. Desert

GUSN

GUSN-179949

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Description

This is a view of a cliff or rock formation overlooking the ocean in Mount Desert, Maine. This rock formation may be called Great Head.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cliffs
oceans
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

Mt. Desert / Otter Cliffs? / Certainly Great Head, Mount Desert, Maine / Challenged again, maybe Otter Cliffs, one or the other. (handwritten)

Physical Description

1 photograph ; 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1923-03-31

Reference Code

PC001.02.03.TMP.038

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

13 1/2 x 10 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Mount Desert Island (Hancock county, Maine) [island]
Great Head (Hancock county, Maine) [cape]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Rock

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Large - Special photographs - Geo - Maine - Mt. Desert

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