Print, Photographic

Title:

"Lillian Phelps."

Date:

1971-1971

Dimensions:

Print Size: 3.125 x 3.0625

Description:

This color photograph depicts Sister Lillian Phelps standing outside of the east facade of the Infirmary. She wears a bonnet with pink neck cape and purple netting, beige linen jacket, black shoes, and a mid-calf dress with red and white pattern, matching bertha, and applied lace collar. She also wears eyeglasses and holds a cane in her right hand. Behind her is a blooming crab apple tree. There are several bushes planted along the facade of the white-painted Infirmary. At the right one can see the white board fence along Shaker Road, a utility pole, and the ivy-covered Trustees' Building and Express Office beyond. Stamped on the verso is: "A Color Print / Made by / Dec 71 R Kodak." Handwritten on the verso is: "Lillian Phelps."

Provenance:

Album 19 has a cloth cover encased in plastic; the fabric is patterned with orange flowers and white daisies on a brown background. It measures 5 x 1 x 12". The pages are plastic coated. The photographs have been removed from the album and are stored in hanging files with the loose photograph collection. There are color slides prepared by NEDCC in 1985. The album was found in the Trustees Building.

There are 72 color images, all measuring 3 1/2 x 3 1/2".

The images are of Canterbury, except for 3 of the Horse Stand that was moved to the Shelburne Museum. Subjects include the fire that destroyed the Cow Barn in 1973; Bertha Lindsay, Gertrude Soule, and Lillian Phelps. The photographs were taken by Mildred Wells in the early 1970s.

Subjects:

Sisters, Caps, Bonnets, Neck Capes, Netting, Dresses, Berthas, Lace, Collars, Jackets, Linen, Canes, Shoes, Stockings, Eyeglasses, Infirmary, IY, Crab Apples, Blossoms, Flowers, Spring, Bushes, Fences, Utility Poles, Trustees' Building, Trustees' Office, Express Office, Ivy

People:

Phelps, Bertha "Lillian"

Place of Origin:

New Hampshire/East Canterbury/Shaker Village/Infirmary

Collection Name:

Canterbury Photograph Collection

Item Number:

19-p047

Type of Material:

Photographs

Copyright Statement:

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

Participating Organization:

Canterbury Shaker Village