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Possibly peak of Otter from Ocean Drive, [Mount Desert Island, ME] [graphic].
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Creator
Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title
Possibly peak of Otter from Ocean Drive, [Mount Desert Island, ME] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1888
Date
July 21, 1888
Physical Description
1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description
Glass negative showing a large cart drawn by two horses carrying a group of people down a dirt road at Mount Desert Island. The cart is seen from behind and a forested hillside, possibly the peak of Otter Mountain, rises in the distance. Mount Desert Island, the largest island off the coast of Maine, was popularized in the mid-19th century by Hudson River School painters as a nature retreat. From the late 19th century to around the 1930s the Island was a tourist destination for the social elite.
Notes
Same place as last.
Photographer remarks: Intens. 10/88
Time: 12:05
Light: Very faint sun.
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject
Animals.
Carriages & coaches -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island.
Horses.
Mountains -- Maine.
Women.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject
Mount Desert Island (Me.)
Genre
Glass negatives.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1329]
Accession number
P.9895.1329
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Marriott C. Morris Collection Negatives
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