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Glass plate negatives

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1880-1922

GUSN

GUSN-273115

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Description

This series includes approximately 2500 glass plate negatives created by Nathaniel Stebbins between 1880 and 1922. Most of the negatives depict marine subjects, but a small number of them depict architectural views. Many of the negatives are reproduced as prints in this collection, but not all are.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sailing vessels
architecture (discipline)
negatives (photographic)

Physical Description

approx. 2500 glass plate negatives

Collection Code

PC047

Collection Name

Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1929

Reference Code

PC047.01

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (Photographer)

Material Type

negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Series

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