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Group portrait of the employees of the W.K. Lewis Brothers Pickle Factory, Broad Street, seated outdoors

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1875

GUSN

GUSN-202243

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Description

Group portrait, outdoors, of the employees of the W.K. Lewis Brothers Pickle Factory seated in front of the factory office. A dog is lying on the ground in the foreground; one factory worker is holding a cat (left) and a girl is holding a dog (right).

Details

Descriptive Terms

Costume (Hierarchy Name)
group portraits
hats
industrial buildings
albumen prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto: [scratched into negative:] No. 122; Recto of mount: [attached caption:] [typed:] Employees of W.K. Lewis Brothers [underlined: Pickle Factory] [in ink:] office [typed:] 93 & 95 Broad Street, Boston.00

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 30
OVP Number OVP0035

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.035

Image Dimensions

7.625 x 9.25 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Material Type

albumen prints
photographs

Other Organizations

W.K. Lewis Brothers Pickle Factory (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Blue collar workers
Cats
Children
Dogs
Domestic animals
Employees
Factories
Generations
Men
Women
Boston (Mass.)
Broad Street (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

Mount wrinkled along bottom edge; attached to mount with polypropylene photo corners and mounting tape.

Description Level

Item

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