Print, Photographic

Title:

"Lillian Front Seat, Bertha Back ", Mr Earl Smith and his 1909 REO The Pierce Brigade Parade Sept 1968."

Date:

1968-1968

Dimensions:

Print Size: 3.125 x 5.4375

Description:

This color photograph depicts Sisters Bertha Lindsay and Lillian Phelps seated in a 1909 REO automobile during the Pierce Brigade Parade in Concord, NH. The automobile is an antique REO that is painted black with red undercarriage, gold accents and has a "19 Antique ?? / 33/ New Hampshire" license plate. Lillian Phelps sits in the front seat and wears a bonnet with yellow scarf over it, purple Dorothy Cloak, and blue dress. Bertha sits in the back seat wearing a straw bonnet under a blue Dorothy Cloak and wing tipped eyeglasses. Two men stand at the left side of the image. The man in the foreground wears a grey bowler hat and grey suit. Handwritten in ink on the verso is: "Lillian Front Seat / Bertha Back " / Mr Earl Smith and / His 1909 REO / The Pierce Brigade / Parade Sept 1968." and stamped is: "Kodacolor Print / Made by / Nov 68 R / KODAK."

Provenance:

This is a magnetic photo album, measuring 11 3/4 x 9 1/2". The album has a brown cover with a vertical stripe in green and red. The photographs have been removed from the album and are stored in hanging files with the loose photograph collection. There are slide copies made by NEDCC in 1985 [stored with album collection]. The album was found in the Trustees Building, and was given to the Archives by Eldress Bertha Lindsay.

There are 60 color images, most measuring 3 1/2 x 4 1/2".

Most of the images depict Canterbury, dating from the mid-1950s to the 1970s. Subjects include Miriam, Bertha, and Eldress Gertrude, Aug. 11, 1974; Bertha at the Bakery Oven; the Pierce Brigade Parade, Sept. 1968; Gertrude and Eva Libbey, Sabbathday Lake, ME: the museum at the Canterbury Meeting House; and various view of buildings at CSV.

Subjects:

Parades, Automobiles, Cars, Reo, Concord, Streets, Asphalt, Pierce Brigade Parade, Sisters, Men, Bowler Hats, Suits, Driving Gloves, Eyeglasses, Bonnets, Capes, Shawls, Dorothy Cloaks, Dresses, Signs, Utility Poles

People:

Lindsay, Bertha, Phelps, Bertha "Lillian", Smith, Earl

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire/Concord

Collection Name:

Canterbury Photograph Collection

Item Number:

16-p021

Type of Material:

Photographs

Copyright Statement:

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

Participating Organization:

Canterbury Shaker Village