No. 321 Intr. Hermit's House". Quidnet, Nantucket

No. 321 Intr. Hermit's House". Quidnet, Nantucket

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Description (Brief)
black and white stereograph mounted on yellow cardstock; photograph by C.H. Shute & Son; printed on verso "Photographed and Published by / C.H. Shute & Son, Edgartown, Mass. / Views of Martha's Vineyard Camp Ground, Oak Bluffs, Highlands, Gay Head, Edgartown, Kalama, Vineyard Haven, Nantucket, A Whaling Voyage and other views. At Wholesale and Retail."; printed on recto "No. 321 Intr. Hermit's House". Quidnet, Nantucket."; interior of a home; room is very cluttered, tools hanging on wooden walls, floor covered in buckets, baskets and boxes, brick fireplace at right; elderly man seated in a rocker in profile at center of image, book on his lap; he is wearing jeans, button down shirt and cap, he has long white hair and a long white beard
Object Name
stereograph
date made
1875
maker
C. H. Shute & Son
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Nantucket Island, Quidnet
associated place
United States: Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard, Edgartown
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm
ID Number
2012.3033.0581
nonaccession number
2012.3033
catalog number
2012.3033.0581
subject
Elderly
Men
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Data Source
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