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Double portrait of Misses Frances Greely Stevenson and Martha Curtis Stevenson, seated on chairs on a porch, facing front, Manchester, Mass., 1890

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1890

GUSN

GUSN-187873

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Description

Frances Greely Stevenson and Martha Curtis Stevenson sit on the porch of an unidentified house in Manchester, Massachusetts. The women were the daughters of Jonathan Greely Stevenson and sisters to Annie Brace Stevenson. The sisters were involved in philanthropic activities and lived together in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

double portraits
philanthropists
women (female humans)
exterior views
houses
dwellings
pictorial rugs
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC023

Collection Name

Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

Reference Code

PC023.TMP.001

Places

Manchester (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

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

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Stevenson, Frances Greely, 1833-1922
Stevenson, Martha Curtis, 1830-1916
Stevenson, J. G. (Jonathan Greely), 1799-1835

Subjects

Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

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