El and Bessie P on Morsa, Manchester, Mass., 1890

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1890

GUSN

GUSN-253459

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Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection
Temporary
El and Bessie P on Morsa, Manchester, Mass., 1890
(current record)

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Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection
- Temporary

Description

Two women eat on board the Morsa while an unidentified man holds the rudder. The image verso is stamped with the following text "Photographed by Mrs. Greeley (Harriot) Curtis (1841-1923), Boston and Manchester, MA."

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
women (female humans)
sailboats
leisure
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 8 x10 inches

Collection Code

PC023

Collection Name

Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

Reference Code

PC023.TMP.027

Image Dimensions

8 x 10 (HxW)(inches)

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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