Boston, Plymouth, and New Bedford Photograph Album, ca. 1888-1915

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

The Boston, Plymouth, and New Bedford photograph album contains 24 images of scenes in Boston, Plymouth, and New Bedford in Massachusetts as well as one cyanotype postcard of a young woman.

Extent:

24 photographs and 1 postcard in 1 album

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Jakob Dopp, June 2024

Background

Scope and Content:

The Boston, Plymouth, and New Bedford photograph album contains 24 images of scenes in Boston, Plymouth, and New Bedford in Massachusetts as well as one cyanotype postcard of a young woman.

The album (16 x 19.5 cm) has leather covers with the word “Photographs” stamped on the front in gold. A loose card is included that provides explanatory information and corresponding page numbers for each photograph in the album. Most of the photographs are outdoor scenes with groups of people. Images of note include views of Park Street in Boston looking towards the capitol building, the 1867 suspension bridge, Ether Monument and Washington Monument in the Boston Public Gardens, the Boston Public Waterworks from Beacon Street in Chestnut Hill, a fisherman, an old whaling ship in New Bedford, Plymouth-area monuments, cemeteries, and downtown, and two people in a carriage in front of the Egypt Train Depot in Scituate, Massachusetts. Also present is a cyanotype postcard of a young woman sitting and reading with “Miss Mary E. Black/Eggemoggin, Maine” written on the back.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased from Belcher, March 2005. F-764.4 .

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Photographs shelf.
Beaches--Massachusetts--1880-1920.
Cemeteries--Massachusetts--Plymouth--1880-1920.
Monuments & memorials--Massachusetts--1880-1920.
Sightseers--Massachusetts--1880-1920.
Whaling ships--Massachusetts--New Bedford--1880-1920.

Formats:

Collodion silver printing-out paper prints.
Cyanotypes.
Photograph albums.
Photographic postcards.
Portrait photographs.

Places:

Boston (Mass.)
Boston Common (Boston, Mass.)
New Bedford (Mass.)
Plymouth (Mass.)
Plymouth Rock (Plymouth, Mass.)
Public Garden (Boston, Mass.)
Scituate (Mass.)