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Steamer Gay Head of the Martha Vineyard's & Nantucket Steamboat Co.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1909

GUSN

GUSN-189761

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Description

This full color postcard depicts the steamer "Gay Head" approaching a dock filled with men and women. Many of the women hold parasols.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ferries
wharves
parasols
transportation
steamships
postcards
photographs

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1925-05-01

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.014

Acquisition Type

Gift

Record Details

Originator

Metropolitan News Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards
photographs

Other Organizations

New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamboat Company

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 122. Original in Postcards - Gay Head LIght - Martha's Vineyard

Description Level

Item

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