Front Porch of the Adams-Nervine Asylum, 988-B

Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-392089

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Description

The image depicts a group of eight women, wearing dresses and aprons, sitting and standing on the front steps of the Adams-Nervine Asylum. The building features a stone facade with a central doorway and a set of stairs leading up to it. Ivy grows on the walls, and there are large windows with shutters on either side of the entrance.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photography
asylums (welfare buildings)
stairs
porches
women (female humans)
nurses
gelatin dry plate negatives

Inscription

1637

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP024900
B-Series negative 988-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC022

Collection Name

Baldwin Coolidge Photographic Collection, circa 1878-1917

Date of Acquisition

1918-09

Reference Code

PC022.001.002.001.002.988-B

Places

Jamaica Plain (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives

Conservation Note

Broken

Description Level

Item

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