Plainville, Massachusetts

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1900-1915

Location Note

Box 3

GUSN

GUSN-356267

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Description

This series contains 82 negatives from Plainville, MA. Subjects include landscapes, street scenes, recreational activities, and the Whiting & Davis Company factory and its employees.

Details

Descriptive Terms

men (male humans)
women (female humans)
group portraits
factories (structures)
offices (work spaces)
industrial sites
administration buildings
children (people by age group)
country clubs
baseball (field sport)
leisure events
automobiles
machinery
trolley cars
ponds (water)
town halls
stations
black-and-white negatives
photographic plates

Physical Descrption

82 4" x 5" glass plate negatives

Collection Code

PC074

Collection Name

Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

Date of Acquisition

2020

Reference Code

PC074.03

Date Notes

circa 1900-1915

Places

Plainville (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
East Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Originator

Wales, Nathan Sanford, 1886-1965 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white negatives
photographic plates

Other Organizations

Whiting & Davis Co.

Description Level

Series

Location Note

Box 3

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