No. 207. Lighthouse, Gay Head Aquinnah

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Description (Brief):

black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; printed on verso "Photographed and Published by / R.G. Shute, Edgartown, Mass. / Views of Martha's Vineyard Camp Ground, Oak Bluffs, Highlands, Gay Head, Edgartown, Katama, Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, A Whaling Voyage and other Stereoscopic Pictures."; printed on recto "No. 207. Lighthouse, Gay Head"; open expanse of grass in the foreground; lighthouse in midground, with two men on circular walk mid-way up; attached home with pitched roof and three chimneys visible in the roof line; two more outbuildings flank main home

Date Made: ca 1870s-1880s

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard, AquinnahAssociated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard, Edgartown

Subject: Lighthouses, Men, Maritime

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.3033.0693Nonaccession Number: 2012.3033Catalog Number: 2012.3033.0693

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/ng49ca746b4-4a3c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1899813

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