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Family tree, location unknown, 1885

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1885

GUSN

GUSN-253467

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Description

Four adults and six children pose in the branches of a tree. The verso handwritten text reads "Next Aunt Fan with Margaret." The woman seated at the base of the tree is identified on the verso as Elinor Curtis. 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
families
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.032

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

Other People

Hopkinson, Elinor Curtis, 1869-1947

Publications Referencing This Collection

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

Description Level

Item

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