Ralph Waldo Emerson's Grave, Concord, Massachusetts, H-1387a

Description

The image depicts Ralph Waldo Emerson's grave in Concord, Massachusetts. The grave is marked by a large, rough-hewn stone with an inscription plaque. It is situated among trees and other gravestones in the cemetery. A low fence surrounds the area.

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Descriptive Terms

cemeteries
headstones (tombstones)
essayists
transcendentalism
trees
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP008677
Halliday negative H-1387a

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC027

Collection Name

Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

Reference Code

PC027.001.001.021.H-1387a

Places

Concord (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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Ralph Waldo Emerson's Grave, Concord, Massachusetts, H-1387a

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