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Stereoscopic views of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

Title: Stereoscopic views of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts [graphic].
Publication: 1865?-1885?

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Additional Authors

Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.

Description

89 stereographs (photoprints) : albumen, b&w; 88x178mm. or smaller.
7 stereographs (photoprints) : albumen, b&w ;

Subjects

Genre/Form

Group portraits.
Albumen photoprints.
Photoprints.
Stereographs.

Note

Includes views by unidentified photographers.

Access (note)

Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.

Call Number

MFY Dennis Coll 90-F261

Title

Stereoscopic views of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts [graphic].

Imprint

1865?-1885?

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.

Summary

Views of Martha's Vineyard, incl. the Wesleyan Camp Ground, Oak Bluffs, Gay Head: tents: four men in front of a tent with a sign for the Boston Daily Advertiser, some tents are semi-permanent structures, a view of a group of tents, American flag hung from trees and a girl with a baby carriage; cottages: people posing on porches and balconies, cottages decorated with bunting, Chinese lanterns and some with religious verses hung from the balconies, a twin cottage, a larger cottage with hammock on the porch, boy with an "ordinary" bicycle out front, Mr. Butterfield's, Mrs. Erwin's showing a group posed outside with stuffed birds and an interior view showing stuffed gull, a photograph in a frame hanging from its mouth, Spinney's cottage, Mrs. Bliss', Mrs. H.C. Foss', Dr. H.A. Tucker's, one view showing boy on tricycle, Mrs. Legg's'; gardens, incl. one with a statue or fountain; Sea View House, Oakwood cottage, Vine cottage; views of the Baptist Tabernacle, the Methodist Epsicopal Church, views of congregations in chapel, under tents, under trees, group of children posing outdoor; harbor and beach views including the train meeting steamboats at Oak Bluffs pier, the "Cambridge" at dock, the "Monohasett," "Island Home," sailing vessels at Vineyard Haven, people on the beach, on lovers' rock and the plank walk.

Gay Head lighthouse, including a view showing a man looking through a telescope, the road to Gay Head, showing gate and stone fence, group on outing to Gay Head; island eccentric and poet Nancy Luce, outside her house with her cow; Mattakesett Lodge at Katama, with group of men in uniform on the dock in foreground. Some views duplicated.

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Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.

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Local Subject

Outdoor portraits.

Photographica.

Added Author

Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.

Research Call Number

MFY Dennis Coll 90-F261

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