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Photograph

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1920-1931

GUSN

GUSN-18094

Description

Half-length profile photograph of Arthur Foote. He has thinning white/gray hair and is wearing a white collared shirt, tie, and dark suit jacket. Photograph is a postcard.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
photographs
paper (fiber product)
gelatin silver prints
silver (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
Unidentified Paper
Silver Print
Man
PICTURE, PORTRAIT

Inscription

Printed on back of postcard: ""Breitkopf & Hartel. New York--Made in Germany"" On the back of the postcard is written: ""Mlle.? G. Angliana/ 89 St. Jame Ave./ Boston/ Mass./ I hope your summer has been fairly/ comfortable--but/ the hot days wh?/ we went w---?/ ---? must have/ been hard. We/ return almost/ the 20th. Send/ back./ Arthur Foote"" Postmarked: Amesbury, Mass./ Sep 8/ 5-PM/ 1931""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

People and Organizations

Arthur Foote

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6.25 x 4.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2197

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