Cedars of West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1891

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1891

GUSN

GUSN-189797

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts - Martha's Vineyard - Vineyard Haven and Tisbury (Baldwin Cooldige photos)
Cedars of West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1891
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Martha's Vineyard
        Massachusetts - Martha's Vineyard - Vineyard Haven and Tisbury (Baldwin Cooldige photos)
        Two men working with tools in a shipyard, Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., undated
        Exterior view of houses in Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., March 17,1893
        Two men sitting on the shoreline of Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., March 17,1893
        Cedars of West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1891 (current record)
        Full-length portrait of Nancy Luce, seated, facing front, holding her pet hen, West Tisbury, Mass., undated
        The cedars of West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1891

Description

This landscape shows two gnarled cedar trees near a cliff. Two women sit under parasols on a bench, while a third sits alone closer to the cliff edge. The trees are situated in low brush and grasses. Someone one has created a bench between two trunks of one of the cedars.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cedar (wood)
trees
parasols
leisure
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Descrption

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1917-04-10

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0150.004

Image Dimensions

7 x 9.25 (HxW)(inches)

Places

West Tisbury (Martha's Vineyard, Dukes county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 123.

Description Level

Item

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