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The photo is mounted in a white painted frame w/ gilt highlights. In this photograph, 3 horse-drawn carriages are captured while paused along a road that was probably blasted from the cliff. There is a drop off into a valley & Mt. Abram looms in the background.
landscapes (representations)
photographs
albumen (egg white)
photographs
carriages (vehicles)
Unidentified Photograph
Albumen
Carriage
PICTURE, LANDSCAPE
Printed in white ink? on bottom left corner: ?--no inscription recorded. On a label on the back of the photograph, it reads: ""James W. Peacock,/ Dealer in Picture Frames, Art Goods,/ Stationery, Toys, Novelties and/ Musical Goods,/ Sewing Goods,/ Sewing Machines,/ Needles & Repairs,/ No. 5 Depot Square/ Gardiner, ME.""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Martha (Patty) Tucker
James W. Peacock
Unknown
23.5 x 28.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1254
Colorado (United States)
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