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Stereoscopic views of Martha's Vineyard

Title
Stereoscopic views of Martha's Vineyard [graphic] / by S.F. Adams.
Author
Adams, S. F., 1844-
Publication
S.F. Adams, 1868?-1880?

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Additional Authors
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Description
113 stereographs (photoprints) : albumen, some col.; 88x178mm.
Summary
Views of Martha's Vineyard: views of the camp meeting, including tents, cottages, the Methodist tabernacle, the preaching stand, people attending a temperance meeting, people on porches, promenading with baby carriages, etc., gardens, lights, children on tricycles; Oak Bluffs: the chapel, including an interior view, Sea View House, Oak Bluff House, cottages and homes, including one with a wind mill, plank walk, Pavilion, beach views including bathers, boats, carriages, Oak Bluff landing showing train meeting steamboat and at Sea View House; bluffs at Gay head, views looking out to sailboats; interior view of a cottage, a man with a beard and top hat on a porch; cottages owned by Mr. Cook, Mr. Weeks, Mr. Thanyer, the Tillinghast cottage, Mason's cottage, Mr. Caprenters, Mr. Terry's Mr. Clarks, Dr. H.A. Tuckers, and the interior of Miss Read's cottage; portrait of Nancy Luce, island eccentric, and her bantie hens (See: Hough, Martha's Vineyard, summer resort 1835-1935). Some views duplicated.
Subject
  • Luce, Nancy, 1814-1890
  • Baby carriages
  • Bicycles & tricycles
  • Boardwalks > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Camp meetings > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Carriages & coaches > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Churches > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Children
  • Chickens
  • Cliffs > Massachusetts
  • Crowds > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Dwellings > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Eccentrics and eccentricities
  • Gazebos > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Gardens > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Hotels & taverns > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Interior architecture > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Leisure > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Lighting > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Piers & wharves > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Porches > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Resorts > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Railroads > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Sailboats
  • Steamboats > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Swimming > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Tents > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Temperance > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Windmills > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard
  • Women > Clothing and dress
Genre/Form
  • Portraits.
  • Albumen photoprints.
  • Photoprints.
  • Stereographs.
Note
  • Includes 3 hand-colored views.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Provenance (note)
  • Gift of Robert Dennis, 1982, and Mrs. George R. Collins, 1993.
Call Number
MFY Dennis Coll 90-F258
OCLC
NYPG90-F258
Author
Adams, S. F., 1844- Photographer
Title
Stereoscopic views of Martha's Vineyard [graphic] / by S.F. Adams.
Imprint
S.F. Adams, 1868?-1880?
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Cite As:
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Provenance
Gift of Robert Dennis, 1982, and Mrs. George R. Collins, 1993.
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Added Author
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Research Call Number
MFY Dennis Coll 90-F258
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