Print, Photographic

Date:

1930-1930

Dimensions:

Print Size: 4.25 x 2.5

Description:

This black and white photograph depicts Sisters and girls cutting corn off the cob in preparation for canning. The objects along the back wall include (left to right): a framed manuscript, a print of mountains, a print of a seated man, a window with shade lowered, a wall shelf holding a clock and other items, keys hanging, a plastic apron on a shelf, a thermometer, small pictures on the wall, a pocket watch, a mirror above a wall shelf (with plastic apron), a printed item, large tomato pincushion hanging. The women are seated, each holding an ear of corn and with a tin container for the kernels in front of each person. The girl at the front is seated on a large upside down Shaker basket. In the foreground is a Canterbury-made box stove with 3 flatirons around the stovepipe and five large Shaker baskets filled with corn.

Provenance:

This photograph album is labeled "Photographs" in gold on the black cover. It measure 7 x 10 inches. There are no captions, but a few of the photographs have brief inscriptions on the back. The pages are brown; each has three window openings, one vertical and two horizontal. The edges of the windows are dark brown. The album was found in the Trustees' Building and was given to the CSV Archives by Eldress Bertha Lindsay.

Subjects:

Sisters, girls, corn, tinware, tables, clock, jars, thermometer, pictures, keys, apron, dresses, caps, mirror

People:

Appleton, Flora, Hoyt, Helen, Hoyt, Marion, Tourtellotte, Hazel, Unknown Girl, Unknown Sister, Walker, Ellen, Wilson, Sarah F.

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire/East Canterbury/Shaker Village/Syrup Shop/Floor 1/South Room

Collection Name:

Canterbury Photograph Collection

Item Number:

12-p116

Type of Material:

Photographs

Copyright Statement:

For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Canterbury Shaker Village

Participating Organization:

Canterbury Shaker Village