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Waterfront and baseball field with spectators, Falmouth Heights, Mass., undated

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GUSN-190911

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Description

View of the waterfront in Falmouth Heights, Massachusetts. A road filled with cars, buggies and cyclists separates the beach and the Cottage Club baseball fields. Many spectators are walking to the baseball fields or leaning on parked automobiles. On the waterside a row of tennis courts have been set up.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beaches
tennis
automobiles
spectators (event observers)
leisure
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1933-02-28

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0980.0070.004

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

6.625 x 9.25 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Falmouth (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

New England News Company (Photographic studio)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Cottage Club Baseball (Falmouth Heights, Mass.)

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 105.

Description Level

Item

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