Graves

Description

This subseries contains glass plate and film negatives of three gravestones, including one of Mary Goose, who was said the be Mother Goose in the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts, Molly Pitcher in Lynn, Massachusetts, and an unknown grave in Hamilton-Wareham, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

negatives (photographic)

Physical Descrption

3 glass plate negatives

Collection Code

PC053

Collection Name

Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

Reference Code

PC053.01.59

Record Details

Originator

Yankee Publishing Incorporated

Material Type

negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Sub-series

Location Note

Box 10, Negatives 1601 - 1603

Arrangement

Arrangement

This subseries is arranged into three categories, Mother Goose, Molly Pitcher, and Hamilton-Wareham

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