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Album 47: Estate of Miss Mabel Cummings

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1891-1896

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-E-201

GUSN

GUSN-194214

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Description

This album consists of over one hundred 3" x 4" cyanotype (blueprint) annotated photographs belonging to Alma Cummings and exposed circa 1891-1896. It includes images of Londonderry, Amherst and Mt Vernon, NH; Beckett, MA, the Berkshires, Lenox, Dighton, and Rutland MA. Subject topics include historic homes, landscape views, carriages and a military parade in Boston.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parades
landscapes (representations)
vacations
historic houses
photograph albums
cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Additional Identification Number

album number 47

Physical Description

1 photograph album; 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Reference Code

PC009.047

Image Dimensions

4 13/16 x 3 15/16 (HxW)(inches)

Places

New Hampshire (United States)
Amherst (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)
Dublin (Cheshire county, New Hampshire)
Becket (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Lenox (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Rutland (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Wianno (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Londonderry (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
Mont Vernon (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)
Dighton (Bristol county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Cummings, Harriet Alma (Photographer)

Material Type

photograph albums
cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Other People

Cummings, Harriet Alma

Descriptive Terms

Dublin, NH
Jaffrey, NH
Becket, MA
Lenox, MA
Dighton, MA
Lincoln, MA
Concord, MA
Boston, MA
Londonderry, NH
Wianno, MA
Amherst, NH
Mt Vernon, NH
Rutland, Mass

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-E-201

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