1890-1939
GUSN-379663
The image shows the gravesite of Lydia C. Ayer in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The headstone is inscribed with details about Lydia, identifying her as the daughter of Capt. William and Hannah Ayer, born in 1813 and died in 1827. The inscription references a connection to the poem "In School Days" by Whittier, with a quote said by Holmes describing it as "the most beautiful school-boy poem in the English language." Additionally, there are lines from the poem etched onto the stone. The gravesite is set in a cemetery with other gravestones and trees visible in the background.
graves
headstones (tombstones)
cemeteries
trees
photographs
film (material by form)
negatives (photographic)
IMLS Negative Barcode NP009205
Halliday negative H-1792a
1 film negative
PC027
Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s
PC027.001.001.033.H-1792a
Haverhill (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Halliday Historic Photograph Co.
film (material by form)
negatives (photographic)
Original nitrate negative destroyed 1980-10.
Item
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