27 April 1898
GUSN-202219
Group portrait, outdoors, of Governor Roger Wolcott, his Staff Generals Dalton, Carter, and Appleton, and Colonels Billings and Stevens on the front steps of the Massachusetts State House. Julie Wolcott, Cornelia Wolcott, Oliver Wolcott, and Mrs. Roger Wolcott are standing directly behind the Governor. Unidentified men and women are standing on the gallery, rooftop level, and terrace of the State House.
Costume (Hierarchy Name)
group portraits
exterior views
Federal
street lighting
statues
umbrellas
capes (outerwear)
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façades
domes (architectural element)
public buildings
headgear
collodion prints
photographs
Verso of mount: Governor Roger Wolcott Receiving the 1st Regiment as it passed to go to Fort Warren on April 27 1898. [new paragraph:] Staff Generals Dalton, Carter, Appleton, Blood[?], Colonels Cape [illegible], [illegible] cher, Billings, Sears, Stevens. [new paragraph:] Julie [F?]rothingham W. Prescott Wolcott, Cornelia [F?]rothingham Wolcott, Oliver Wolcott and Mrs. Roger Wolcott in the front of the group behind the Governor. [new paragraph:] Roger Wolcott jr. marched in the ranks of Battery A. as a private in 1st regiment. War with Spain. [in a different hand, in a different ink:] Gift of Mr. Roger Wolcott {Jr.} 20 Nov. 1934 [printed:] [underlined:] Elmer Chickering, [not underlined:] The Leading Photographer 21 West Street, - Boston Proprietor of [underlined, in italics:] The Royal
OVP Photo Database Number 6
OVP Number OVP0005
1 photographic print
PC001
General photographic collection
20 November 1934
PC001.01.TMP.005
13.25 x 16.5 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Mr. Roger Wolcott, Jr.
Chickering, Elmer (Photographer)
collodion prints
photographs
Wolcott, Cornelia
Wolcott, Julie Prescott
Wolcott, Edith Prescott
Wolcott, Oliver
Wolcott, Roger, 1847-1900
Family
Governors
Men
Military uniforms
Soldiers
State government
Women
Beacon Hill (neighborhood)
Boston (Mass.)
Recto of mount punctured; creases along top and bottom of mount edges; warped; transfer stains on verso of mount.
Item
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