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Album 24: The Vale, Waltham, Mass.

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1890

GUSN

GUSN-194124

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Description

This photograph album is embossed with "Waltham, The Vale" on the cover. Inside the front cover is inscribed, "Annie L. Sears & Mary P. Sears from Frank." The album includes twenty-eight 7 x 4.25 inch photographs taken circa the 1890s which emphasize the landscape of the Vale, especially trees. It also includes views of the Vale, its gardens, greenhouse, farm, and barn. The album also includes views of Rockport and Webster, Mass.

Details

Descriptive Terms

landscape gardens
barns
historic houses
historic house museums (buildings)
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs

Additional Identification Number

Album Number 24

Physical Description

1 photograph album ; 28 pages

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Reference Code

PC009.024

Places

Waltham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Rockport (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Webster (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

photograph albums
black-and-white photographs

Other People

Sears, Annie L.
Sears, Mary P.

Descriptive Terms

Waltham, Massachusetts
Lyman Estate
The Vale

Description Level

Item

Related Items

Lyman Family snapshots album
Sears family photographic collection

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