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Sarah Orne Jewett in the garden, South Berwick, Maine

Description

From right to left, Sarah Orne Jewett, her sister, Mary Rice Jewett, and possibly, Emily Davis Tyson, stand in the garden of the Jewett family house in South Berwick, Maine. The Jewetts and Tyson, who lived in Hamilton House in South Berwick, were neighbors and friends. The roof and a chimney of a building can be glimpsed through the foliage in the upper right of the image. The initials of the three women are handwritten on the lower border of the page of the photograph album: E.(D?).(T?)., M.R.J., S.O.J.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gardens
authors
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
photograph albums

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000569
AccessID 787
Other identifier HNEDID-000569

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Reference Code

PC009.135C.01

Date Notes

26 September 1903

Places

South Berwick (York county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Vaughan, Elizabeth R. (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
photograph albums

Other People

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909
Jewett, Mary Rice, 1847-1930
Tyson, Emily Davis, 1856-1922

Subjects

Portland Street (South Berwick, Me.)

Description Level

Component

Location Note

Photograph Albums / 135C

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