Group portrait of ten girls on the Sharksmouth Estate terrace, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, 12790-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

ca. 1885

GUSN

GUSN-385127

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Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection
Negatives
Portraits
Group portrait of ten girls on the Sharksmouth Estate terrace, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, 12790-B
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Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection
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Description

The image shows a group portrait of ten girls seated on the terrace of the Sharksmouth Estate in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. Arranged from left to right are Constance Arnold, Lotta Lowell, Elinor Curtis, Edith Minturn, Grace Arnold, May Minturn, Maggie Cabot, Francis Curtis, Susie Cabot, and Fanny "Mason?". The girls are seated casually, wearing period dresses, with a backdrop of trees and distant water.

Details

Descriptive Terms

girls
group portraits
estates (property)
terraces (landscaped-site elements)
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP016356
B-Series negative 12790-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC023

Collection Name

Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

Reference Code

PC023.001.001.12790-B

Places

Manchester (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Curtis, Harriot Appleton, 1841-1923 (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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