Hanging Rock, Middletown, Rhode Island, 8013-A

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1882

GUSN

GUSN-389907

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Emma Lewis Coleman photographic collection, 1880s
Negatives
Rhode Island, Miscellaneous
Hanging Rock, Middletown, Rhode Island, 8013-A
(current record)

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Emma Lewis Coleman photographic collection, 1880s
- Negatives
  - Rhode Island, Miscellaneous
    - Wyatt Windmill, Middletown, Rhode Island, 7831-A
    - Wyatt Windmill, Middletown, Rhode Island, 7832-A
    - Purgatory Chasm, Middletown, Rhode Island, 7919-A
    - Fort Dumpling, Jamestown, Conanicut Island, Rhode Island, 7967-A
    - Wyatt Mill, Middletown, Rhode Island, 7968-A
    - Hanging Rock, Middletown, Rhode Island, 8013-A (current record)

Description

The image depicts Hanging Rock in Middletown, Rhode Island. In the foreground, there is a stone wall running parallel to the rocky formation. The landscape features grassy fields leading up to the large, distinctively shaped rock formation.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cliffs
natural landscapes
rock
walls
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP027145
A-Series negative 8013-A

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC021

Collection Name

Emma Lewis Coleman photographic collection, 1880s

Date of Acquisition

1925

Reference Code

PC021.001.006.8013-A

Date Notes

Acquired month: 04

Places

Middletown (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Originator

Coleman, Emma Lewis (Photographer)

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Description Level

Item

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