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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Photography
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Steamships
Railroads
hotels
Men
Women
Tourism
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1899811