Print, Photographic

Title:

Street Scenery

Date:

1880-1910

Dimensions:

Print Size: 4.5 x 5

Description:

Sepia toned image of a cobblestone street lined with wooden buildings, most of which appear to be stores with gable roofs. Signs in view read, "L. B. Ellis Fine Art Gallery; Bracket Manufactory; Richards Co. Ladies Gents Dining Rooms; Coffin Ware House; Fred'k J. Jordan Practicals, Postmaster, Jeweler." A banner hangs over the street, strung between buildings and reads, "Ellis's Fine Art Rooms Picture Frames, Artist Materials, Mirrors C."

In the distance, at the end of the street, is a building with Greek Revival features including large columns on its gable end.
Related search terms: Richards and Company Ladies and Gents Dining Rooms

Subjects:

Art dealers, Art galleries, Commercial, Art materials, Stores, Cobblestone roads, Cobblestone streets, Buildings, Gables, Restaurants, Store windows, Signs, Banners, Coffins, Manufacturers, Postmasters, Jewelers, Shops, Warehouses, Perambulators, Lampposts, Baby carriages, Carts wagons

People:

Ellis, L. B., Jordan, Frederick J.

Place of Origin:

[possibly New Bedford, MA]

Collection Name:

Dan Noel Collection

Item Number:

MWM2010.0001.0941

Accession Number:

MWM2010.0001

Type of Material:

Photographs

Copyright Statement:

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Participating Organization:

Museum of the White Mountains