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2002.138.5
Gilman Family at Sound View
2002.138.5

Gilman Family at Sound View

Date1917-1919
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper mounted on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 2 3/8 x 4in. (6 x 10.2cm) or 4 x 2 3/8in. (10.2 x 6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 2 5/8 x 4 5/16in. (6.7 x 11cm) or 4 5/16 x 2 5/8in (11 x 6.7cm.)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Martin A. Gilman
DescriptionAmateur snapshots of a man, a woman, a small boy, and an elderly woman on a beach and on the porch of a beachfront cottage. A sign reads: "SOUND VIEW COTTAGE". A rocking chair is on the porch. In some photographs, some of the people wear bathing suits. In one, a man is smoking a pipe. In another, a small boy wears a sailor suit. A rowboat is on the sand in one photograph.
Object number2002.138.1-.6
NotesSubject Note: According to a letter written by Martin A. Gilman, the people in the photographs are Martin A. Gliman (the small boy), his parents, Bertha Petersen Gilman and Albert J. Gilman, and Mrs. Gilman's mother, Salome Schneider Petersen.
On View
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