Mingo Hill Beach, Beverly, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-254721

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Beverly
Massachusetts - Beverly - Mingo Beach - Mounted
Mingo Hill Beach, Beverly, Mass., undated
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Beverly
        Massachusetts - Beverly - Mingo Beach - Mounted
        Mingo Hill Beach, Beverly, Mass., undated (current record)

Description

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The image verso reads "Mingo Hill (Beach), Beverly. Named for Robin Mingo, slave to Thomas Woodberry who's hut stood on the southerly side of the beach. He married an Indian woman, June 20, 1707."

Details

Descriptive Terms

seascapes
beaches
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Descrption

1 photographic print : black-and-white, mounted

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0290.0280.001

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. J.A. Marsters, 28 January 1919.

Places

Beverly (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Enslaved person
Black
African American men
Indigenous
Native Americans

Description Level

Item

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