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Group portrait of unidentified woman and two children, location unknown, 1884

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1884

GUSN

GUSN-253456

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Description

A woman is next to two young children in bonnets sitting in a hammock. The image verso is stamped with the following text "Photographed by Mrs. Greeley (Harriot) Curtis (1841-1923), Boston and Manchester, MA."

Details

Descriptive Terms

group portraits
women (female humans)
children (people by age group)
hammocks
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 8 x 10 inches

Collection Code

PC023

Collection Name

Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

Reference Code

PC023.TMP.024

Image Dimensions

8 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Isabella Halsted, 1979.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Manchester (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Curtis, Harriot Sumner (Appleton), 1841-1923 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1992). The aunts / by Isabella Halsted.. Sharksmouth Press,.

Description Level

Item

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