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Elinor Curtis and two companions on a sailboat, Manchester, Mass., 1890

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890

GUSN

GUSN-187903

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Description

The image depicts Elinor Curtis and "Bessie P" with an unidentified man on a sailboat. The man leans against the boat's boom as the boat tacks and the women are eating. A second very small boat is the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sailboats
sailing
sports
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC023

Collection Name

Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1979

Reference Code

PC023.TMP.010

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Manchester (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Curtis, Harriot Sumner (Appleton), 1841-1923 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Hopkinson, Elinor Curtis, 1869-1947

Restrictions

There is a crease on the bottom left corner.

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1992). The aunts / by Isabella Halsted.. Sharksmouth Press,.

Description Level

Item

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