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Bemis; a summer cottage

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

album 219, 220, 222 a,b

GUSN

GUSN-272694

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Description

Album entitled, "Bemis," and labeled with a printed commercial sticker that reads: "Bicknell Mfg. Co., Pitt St., Portland, Maine." Album contains five black and white photographs, four of which depict lakeside cottages surrounded by birch trees and rocks. The fifth photo is of a large summer house with a porch, set on a lawn with woodlands in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cottages
lakes (bodies of water)
summer houses (seasonal dwellings)
photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

album number 220a

Physical Description

1 photograph album; 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Date of Acquisition

2001

Reference Code

PC009.220A

Acquisition Type

Museum Purchase

Record Details

Material Type

photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Descriptive Terms

Bemis
Bicknell Mfg Co

Description Level

Item

Location Note

album 219, 220, 222 a,b

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