Old Steamboat Landing, Martha's Vineyard

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Description (Brief):

black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; printed on recto "Geo. F. Parlow, Photographer / Views of New Bedford and Vicinity."; handwritten on verso in pencil "1869 / Old Steamboat landing, Martha's Vineyard"; view from elevated vantage point looking across varren land with dirt paths cut across landscape; small cottage in midground at right, partially out of frame, warehouse in background next to water's edge; several sailing ships anchored in small harbor, at least two steamships docked next to warehouse; men and women walking along paths and waiting near dock

Date Made: 1869

Maker: Parlow, George F.

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Martha's VineyardAssociated Place: United States: Massachusetts, New Bedford

Subject: Maritime, Sailing Ships, Steamships

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.3033.0673Nonaccession Number: 2012.3033Catalog Number: 2012.3033.0673

Object Name: stereograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-4974-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1899793

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