Souvenir folder of images in postcard form, Oak Bluffs, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-190013

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Temporary
Souvenir folder of images in postcard form, Oak Bluffs, Mass., undated
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Temporary

Description

The image is of the front of enclosure of several images of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. It depicts the boat landing with cars, a steamer, and many travellers watching the landing. Arround the colored photograph is a drawn depiction of typical ocean scenery: a girl in a bathing costume, the shore, and sailboats.

Details

Descriptive Terms

landings (marine structures)
travel
travelers
travel photography
automobiles
postcards
photographs

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.022

Places

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

Record Details

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. 120. Original in Postcards - Oak Bluffs, MA

Description Level

Item

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