Cobbler, Isle Au Haut, Eastern Penobscot Bay, Maine, ca. 1896

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

ca. 1896

GUSN

GUSN-188162

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Lantern slides collection
Temporary
Cobbler, Isle Au Haut, Eastern Penobscot Bay, Maine, ca. 1896
(current record)

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Lantern slides collection
- Temporary
  - Cobbler, Isle Au Haut, Eastern Penobscot Bay, Maine, ca. 1896 (current record)
  - Lantern slide depicting pilot schooner Varuna with tugboat and sloop, Boston Harbor, Mass., undated
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Description

This lantern slide features a cobbler and his shop, a small sailboat bedecked with signs and advertisements. The cobbler sits toward the bow with a shoe in his lap. The boat is tied to the shore (out of scene) and has a small dingy tied to the port-side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cobblers
shores (landforms)
sailboats
labor
shoes (footwear)
boots
footwear
lantern slides
photographs

Physical Description

1 lantern slide

Collection Code

PC007

Collection Name

Lantern slides collection

Reference Code

PC007.TMP.001

Places

Isle Au Haut (Knox county, Maine)

Record Details

Material Type

lantern slides
photographs

Subjects

Dog

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 16-17

Description Level

Item

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