Str. Uncatena, Oak Bluffs, Mass.

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-190011

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Temporary
Str. Uncatena, Oak Bluffs, Mass.
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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Temporary

Description

Postcard depicts a view from the front of the steamer Uncatena. Passengers fill the viewing deck and the ship displays a large American flag.

Details

Descriptive Terms

flags
steamships
oceans
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.021

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Oak Bluffs (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.N. Chamberlain (Oak Bluffs, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards
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. 121. Original in Postcards - Oak Bluffs, MA

Description Level

Item

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