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No. 67. Looking East from Sea View House, Cottage Citty

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    Object Details

    Description (Brief)

    black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; printed on verso "Photographed and Published by / R.G. Shute, Edgartown, Mass. / Views of Martha's Vineyard, Camp Ground, Oak Bluffs, Highlands, Gay Head, Edgartown, Katama, Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, A Whaling Voyage, and other Stereoscopic Pictures."; printed on recto "No. 67. Looking East from Sea View House, Cottage Citty."; view from elevated vantage point looking out over a wharf; steamboat docked at end of wharf, with another steamboat just offshore; "My Railroad Ticket Office" building in center of wharf, tracks to the right of the building, one set curving and extending from the midground to the right, foreground / another set of tracks curving and extending to the left, foreground; elevated deck in foreground with men and women seated on it looking out over water; pavilion partially visible in the left, foreground

    date made

    ca 1870s

    ID Number

    2012.3033.0691

    nonaccession number

    2012.3033

    catalog number

    2012.3033.0691

    Object Name

    stereograph

    Physical Description

    paper (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm

    place made

    United States: Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs

    associated place

    United States: Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard, Edgartown

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    Work and Industry: Photographic History
    Photography

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Steamships
    Railroads
    hotels
    Men
    Women
    Tourism

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-4a3a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1899811
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