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"On the beach, the kids' ball game"

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1904-1910

Location Note

Library and Archives: Geographic: Large: Mass.: Newburyport: Plum Island: Includes Thomson & Thomson

GUSN

GUSN-189873

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Description

Men, women, and children sit on a Plum Island, Massachusetts beach. Children play baseball in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

recreation
beaches
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Project number HNE0025

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2030.0220.001

Image Dimensions

6 10/16 x 8 15/16 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Originator

Thomson & Thomson (Boston, Mass.)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

African Americans
Plum Island (Newburyport, Mass.)
Children
African American children
Sports, games, amusements
Outdoor recreation
Beach
Recreation

Accruals Note

Included in the Boston African Americana Project.

Variant Title

View of men, women, and children seated on a Plum Island, Mass. beach

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Library and Archives: Geographic: Large: Mass.: Newburyport: Plum Island: Includes Thomson & Thomson

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