1880-1900
HGO-01-001-O-E-406
GUSN-193763
Bound album (front board detached), stamped "Photographs--Herbert Lyman." Approximately 30 leaves, with (in general) 4 3 x 4 albumen prints affixed to each page. Date appears to be prior to major alterations to the Vale, completed (approx) in 1884. Annotations, in ink, have been supplied at a much later date, since photo of Ella Lyman Cabot is annotated with her name, (as a married woman), though the photo likely was taken before her marriage to Dr. Cabot. The annotations seem to have been made by a family member (i.e. Aunt Anna Lowell)..Of particular interest (and importance) for documenting the landscape of the Vale circa 1880, including a view across the pond of the house. Many views of agricultural activities, family members, incl. A. T. Lyman as an infant in 1894. It is possible that this date holds for the entire album, though this seems unlikely, since Ella L. (later Cabot) is depicted at various ages. Also shown are outbuildings, Boston scenes, one view of the parlor with the Hanes furniture.
historic houses
landscapes (environments)
interior views
furniture
photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)
albumen prints
album number 169
1 photograph album; 5 12/3 x 11 3/4 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
1986
PC009.169
Gift
Waltham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Probably Lyman, Herbert L. (Photographer)
photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)
albumen prints
Lyman, Arthur Theodore, III, 1894-1968
Lyman , Herbert
Historic New England properties
The Vale
Waltham, Mass
Lyman Estate
John Haywood was a resident of the Farmhouse
Item
HGO-01-001-O-E-406
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