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Memorial Work designed by A. F. Willard and erected to his wife & family, 1912

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1912

Location Note

photo albums # 223, 224

GUSN

GUSN-193793

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Description

This album contains sixteen black-and-white photographs mounted in a small paperbound book whose outside cover is worded, "From North Stratford New Hampshire 1912." The first page is inscribed in ink with the following: "Memorial Work designed by A.F. Willard and erected to his wife & family, 1912."

The photographs picture views of a large marble funereal monument and its inscriptions, taken from various sides, angles, and distances. Subsequent photographs include the addition of three female figures carved in Cararra marble from Italy, as well as an array of smaller gravestones.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cemeteries
funerary sculpture
funerary structures
photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

album number 224

Physical Description

1 photograph album; 6 1/4 x 8 inches

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Date of Acquisition

2006

Reference Code

PC009.224

Acquisition Type

Museum Purchase

Places

Stratford (Coos county, New Hampshire)

Record Details

Material Type

photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Subjects

Cemetery

Descriptive Terms

A. F. Willard

Description Level

Item

Location Note

photo albums # 223, 224

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