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Landscape of Gay Head Cliffs looking north, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1894

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1894

GUSN

GUSN-189805

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Description

Picture including the Gay Head cliffs, landscape and beach. Tourists can be seen on the beach and the grounds of the lighthouse.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cliffs
beaches
lighthouses
tourism
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1918-09-17

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0080.002

Image Dimensions

8 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Gay Head (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Massachusetts) [cape]

Record Details

Originator

Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 124-125.

Description Level

Item

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