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Untitled publication

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  • Manuscripts

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-292521

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Description

This publication contains harmful and insensitive imagery of a group of people exhuming Indigenous people's remains.

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An untitled publication related to the Cape Cod Canal shoreline, the top image is titled, "A Picturesque Shore Line" and the bottom image is titled, "Exhuming Indian Graves at Bourne".

Details

Descriptive Terms

canals
shores (landforms)
walking
families
umbrellas
graves
Native American
excavation (process)
photomechanical prints

Physical Description

2 black and white photomechanical reproductions; 7 x 9.25 inches

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Reference Code

MS028.04.027.047

Credit Line

Gift of Nina Heald Webber

Places

Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]
Bourne (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

photomechanical prints

Subjects

Native Americans
Indigenous

Description Level

Item

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