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Robert Frost, Boston, 1954

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1954

GUSN

GUSN-194423

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Description

The poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) was long associated with the New England states of Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. He became one of the best-known poets in the country. Reed took this picture of Frost autographing a book for Life while covering the Boston Arts Festival.

Details

Descriptive Terms

poets
portraits
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC044

Collection Name

Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

Reference Code

PC044.TMP.071

Places

New England (United States) [general region]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

Other Organizations

Life Magazine

Subjects

Boston Arts Festival

Accruals Note

Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.

Description Level

Item

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