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Children playing croquet, location unknown, 1888

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1888

GUSN

GUSN-187909

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Description

Black and white photograph of two boys and two girls playing croquet on a lawn bordering woods. The girls wear white hats and dresses and the boys wear breeches.

Details

Descriptive Terms

croquet
games
play (recreation)
children (people by age group)
recreation
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.015

Acquisition Type

Gift

Record Details

Originator

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

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

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