Chelsea, Mass. Glass-Plate Negative Collection, 1906-1910

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1906-1910

Location Note

HAV-01-222: Negative Numbers 55691-55703

GUSN

GUSN-325647

Description

These 13 glass plate negatives are photographs from Chelsea, Mass., from 1906 to 1910, taken by an unidentified photographer. They include a photo of the Town Hall (construction still visible), Chelsea High School, the Armory, the Universalist Church (one shot of the exterior and three shots of the interior), and the Central Church (four similar but slightly different shots of the exterior. The collection also includes a photo of two people walking a dog past an unidentified home, and a shot of four girls identified on the sleeve containing the plate as Grace Shaw, Helen Tetlow, Alice Gatze, and Annie Endicott.

Details

Descriptive Terms

town halls
high schools (buildings)
armories (military buildings)
group portraits
houses
negatives (photographic)
black-and-white negatives
photographic plates

Physical Descrption

13 glass plate negatives

Collection Code

PC069

Collection Name

Chelsea, Mass. Glass-Plate Negative Collection, 1906-1910

Date of Acquisition

2016

Reference Code

PC069

Abstract

Collection of 13 glass plate negatives depicting scenes in Chelsea, Mass, from 1906 to 1910.

Credit Line

Gift of Carl R. Nold, 2016.

Places

Chelsea (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

negatives (photographic)
black-and-white negatives
photographic plates

Other People

Endicott, Anne Blake, 1874-
Shaw, Grace Mason, 1883-1960
Tetlow, Helen Louise, 1874-1931

Restrictions

This collection is available for research.

Restrictions

Delicate materials may be restricted due to their age. Digital surrogates are available via the online Collections Access Portal.

Description Level

Collection

Location Note

HAV-01-222: Negative Numbers 55691-55703

Accruals Note

Accruals are not expected.

Language Note

Materials are entirely in English.

Rules and Conventions

DACS-compliant

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