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Full-length double portrait of Rhoda and Alice Skillings, facing front, Arlington, Mass., dated December 27, 1897

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1897-12-27

GUSN

GUSN-248620

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Description

The following information is handwritten on the item verso. The daughters of James and Lucy Skillings raised at 38 Rangeley Road, Winchester, Massachusetts and buried in Wildwood Cemetery. This photograph was taken when they were bridesmaids for their cousin Lesley Dillingham Bangs when she married Walter Jackson Brown, December 27, 1897. Rhoda Skillings Kelley's birth and death dates are given as 1877-1941.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
women (female humans)
sisters
weddings
cabinet photographs

Physical Description

1 cabinet photograph : black-and-white, mounted ; 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches

Collection Code

PC058

Collection Name

Lesley Dillingham Bangs Photograph Collection

Reference Code

PC058.01.006

Image Dimensions

5 1/2 x 3 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Lesley Wilcox Anderson.

Places

Arlington (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Winchester (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Litchfield Studio (Photographer)

Material Type

cabinet photographs

Other People

Bangs, Lesley Dillingham, 1873-1919
Kelley, Rhoda Skillings, 1877-1941

Description Level

Item

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