Farming Scene, Oak Bluffs, Mass.

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-175478

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Oak Bluffs
Massachusetts - Oak Bluffs - Modern - Unmounted
Farming Scene, Oak Bluffs, Mass.
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Oak Bluffs
        Massachusetts - Oak Bluffs - Modern - Unmounted
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        Farming Scene, Oak Bluffs, Mass. (current record)
        Gathering Seaweed near the Jetties, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, undated
        Spectators at a band concert at Ocean Park, Oaks Bluff, Mass.
        Baseball game at Waban Park, Oak Bluffs, Mass., ca. 1909
        View along seawall, Oak Bluffs, Mass., ca. 1909
        Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard

Description

In this farming scene, some young men and children are working out of the back of a wagon pulled by a team of horses. They are stacking corn stalks on a conveyor that is moving the stalks into a silo.

Details

Descriptive Terms

silos (agricultural structures)
wagons (cargo vehicles)
conveyors
farms
cornstalk
agriculture
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

No.2145 (handwritten)

Physical Descrption

1 photograph ; 6 x 8 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1933-02-28

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2200.0010.002

Acqusition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

6 x 8 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Oak Bluffs (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

New England News Company (Photographic studio)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

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