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Group portrait of men attending the pre-dinner reception of the Home Market Club

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

16 January 1899

GUSN

GUSN-202379

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Description

Group portrait of men standing on a decorated platform during the pre-dinner reception of the Home Market Club. All are dressed in formal evening attire.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Costume (Hierarchy Name)
platforms (floors)
group portraits
clubs (associations)
collodion prints
photographs

Inscription

Recto: [in negative:] [photographer's copyright notice:] Copyright by G. Chickering '99; Recto of mount: [names of reception attendees, most partially illegible, including:] Pres. Home Market W. B. Plunkett Gen Blond[?] Gen Appleton Gen Hoar Col Jewett Gen Dalton Reception before Home Market Club Dinner, January 16/99; Verso of mount: Gift of Mr. Roger Wolcott 20 Nov. 1934

Additional Identification Number

OVP Photo Database Number 167
OVP Number OVP0320

Physical Description

1 photographic print

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

20 November 1934

Reference Code

PC001.01.TMP.320

Image Dimensions

13.125 x 16.375 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Roger Wolcott.

Record Details

Originator

Chickering, George H. (Photographer)

Material Type

collodion prints
photographs

Other Organizations

Home Market Club (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Men
Military uniforms
Boston (Mass.)

Restrictions

Retouched to feature bow-ties and vests; bottom right corner of print torn; paper glued to verso of mount; verso of mount stained with platimun print transfe; bottom, right corner of mount partially detached.

Description Level

Item

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