Fisherman's Beach with boats and horse buggy, Swampscott, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-190932

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General photographic collection
Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
Geographic locations
Temporary
Fisherman's Beach with boats and horse buggy, Swampscott, Mass., undated
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General photographic collection
- Small photographs and postcards, 1890s-1980s
  - Geographic locations
    - Temporary

Description

Full color postcard depicting Swampscott's Fisherman's Beach. The beach is covered with boat hulls pulled up on to the sand near the row of beach-front homes. A horse drawn carriage is on a boat-ramp and picnickers sit at tables on grass above the beach.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beaches
fishing
boats
picnic benches
tables (support furniture)
postcards
photographs

Physical Descrption

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1919-07-01

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.029

Acqusition Type

Gift

Places

Swampscott (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

New England News Company (Printer)

Material Type

postcards
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 57.Originial in Postcards - Swampscott, MA

Description Level

Item

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