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Five young women are posed in front of an outdoor backdrop. The women are wearing long dark dresses and tie up the front. Each is wearing a white scarf and has white anchors on their pockets, cuffs, and some on their collars. A flag initialed D.O.N. for "Daughters of Neptune" drapes across one woman. Frame: 1 in. gilt frame.
portraits
photographs
albumen (egg white)
sports
Albumen
Sports
Rowing
Club
PICTURE, PORTRAIT
On the back of the photograph is written the names of the 5 Daughters of Neptune who were part of an advanced rowing society on the river. Photographed are Jane Tucker and Annie Greenleaf in the back from left to right. Eliza Wright (Holbrook) and Mary Sewall (Chas. Sewall's sister) are in the second row. And Carrie Knight sits on the floor.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Daughters of Neptune
Miss Jane Armstrong Tucker
Unknown
6.125 x 8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.369
Maine (United States)
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