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Stereoscopic views of Nantucket, Massachusetts

Title
  1. Stereoscopic views of Nantucket, Massachusetts [graphic] / by J. Freeman.
Published by
  1. Nantucket, Mass. : J. Freeman, 1867?-1890?
Author
  1. Freeman, J. (Josiah)

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Additional authors
  1. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Description
  1. 63 stereographs (photoprints) : albumen, b&w; 88x178mm. or smaller.
Summary
  1. Views of Nantucket: general and street views incl. commercial buildings, homes with gardens visible, streets with wagons and carriages, groups of people posing in front of buildings including children in front of the Tallant School or Fair St. Academy; a group pausing during a croquet game; the "oldest House" (Jethro Coffin house), showing shingled exterior and catslide roof, the Old Mill (later owned by the Nantucket Historical Association; the round top mill; the Civil War monument; Wauwinet House from its dock; Siasconset including a general view, houses along the bluffs, men and a child in a yard with a ship's figurehead; Capt. Wm. Baxter in his wagon, delivering mail to Siasconset; cliffs and the beach at Sankaty, the Sankaty lighthouse; another lighthouse; the "Hermit of Quidnet" (Frederick Parker), one view showing his home, another showing him seated in rocking chair outside his door reading; whaling: "cutting in" the whale at the Commerical wharf, 1870; school of blackfish on shore, one view showing boys standing on the carcasses; a view of man in protective clothes in front of lifesaving station, boat and equipment visible through door; views of shipwrecks, including the "W.F. Marshall," the Minmanuett," showing spectators sitting on bags of coffee (its cargo) on the shore, and wagons and carriages on the shore near a wreck; view of the remains of the "Warren Sawyer" in the surf; a group of women sitting around a table with a stereo-viewer on it. Some views duplicated.
Subject
  1. Photoprints
  2. Stereographs
  3. Albumen photoprints
  4. Group portraits
  5. Women
  6. Windmills > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  7. Whaling > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  8. Sightseers > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  9. Shipwrecks > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  10. Streets > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  11. Photographica
  12. Nantucket Historical Association
  13. Beaches > Massachusetts > Nankucket
  14. Carriages & coaches > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  15. Carts & wagons > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  16. Churches > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  17. Croquet > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  18. Dories (Boats)
  19. Dwellings > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  20. Eccentrics and eccentricities
  21. Fishermen
  22. Gardens > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  23. Historic buildings > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  24. Hotels & taverns > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  25. Lifesaving > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  26. Lighthouses > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  27. Letter carriers
  28. Monuments & memorials > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  29. Piers & wharves > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  30. Sailings ships
  31. Schools > Massachusetts > Nantucket
  32. Ship figureheads
Genre/Form
  1. Group portraits.
  2. Albumen photoprints.
  3. Stereographs.
  4. Photoprints.
Call number
  1. MFY Dennis Coll 90-F265
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Cite as (note)
  1. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Author
  1. Freeman, J. (Josiah), photographer.
Title
  1. Stereoscopic views of Nantucket, Massachusetts [graphic] / by J. Freeman.
Imprint
  1. Nantucket, Mass. : J. Freeman, 1867?-1890?
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Cite as:
  1. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Indexed term
  1. Photographica.
Added author
  1. Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Research call number
  1. MFY Dennis Coll 90-F265
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