Print, Photographic

Title:

"Alice Howland, Vicki Hansen, Ruth Hansen."

Date:

1967-1973

Dimensions:

Print Size: 3.125 x 2.0

Description:

This color photograph depicts Sister Alice Howland standing outside the Dwelling House with Viki and Ruth Hansen. Alice wears a cap and headband over her white hair, vertically striped blue and white dress with lace cuffs and collar, and a white apron with red piping and red flowers. She holds two young cats/kittens in her apron. The cat on the left is orange, and that on the right is light orange and white. Viki Hansen holds a bouquet of pink mountain laurel flowers and wears a yellow sun dress with flowers. Ruth wears her hair cut short and has on a green sun dress with flowers with white petals and orange centers. It has orange and white cross-stitching across the chest. Directly behind them is a stone bird bath, orange day lilies, and pink roses. Beyond one can see the Dwelling House, Norway Spruce, Spin Shop (?) and a truck (?). Handwritten on the verso is: "Alice Howland / Vicki Hansen / Ruth Hansen." The cats may be Goldie and Sonny.

Provenance:

Original location noted on catalog card is '"9j"

Subjects:

Sisters, Girls, Cats, Sonny, Goldie, Flowers, Mountain Laurel, Bouquets, Sun Dresses, Dresses, Aprons, Caps, Headbands, Dwelling House, Norway Spruce, Trucks, Automobiles, Bird Baths, Day Lilies, Roses

People:

Hansen, Vicki, Hansen, Ruth, Howland, Alice Miriam, Unknown Cat, Goldie the Cat, Sonny the Cat

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire/East Canterbury/Shaker Village

Collection Name:

Canterbury Photograph Collection

Item Number:

p0385

Type of Material:

Photographs

Copyright Statement:

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

Participating Organization:

Canterbury Shaker Village