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[Bertha T. Webster, standing near a man in a hand stand, Mount Equity, Pennsdale, Pa.] [graphic].
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Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer.
Title
[Bertha T. Webster, standing near a man in a hand stand, Mount Equity, Pennsdale, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1890
Date
ca. 1890
Physical Description
1 negative : glass ; 20 x 13 cm. (8 x 5 in.)
Description
Depicts the photographer's sister-in-law, Bertha T. Webster, attired in a striped dress, standing near a smokehouse with a tennis racket in hand. A man is doing a hand stand against the shed nearby. A pumpkin sits on the ground under his head. Depicts the property of Mount Equity in Pennsdale, Pa., rented by the photographer's aunt, Hannah Mary S. Taylor, during the summer months of 1889 and 1890, and owned by her son-in-law's family for generations.
Notes
A small stone section of Mount Equity, known as "The Cottage," was constructed near the Wolf Run House in Pennsdale, Pa. ca. 1810 by Mercy Ellis after the death of her husband, William Ellis. After her death in 1848, her children used the cottage primarily during the summer months. Her son Charles Ellis built a stone addition to the house in 1861 and a rear kitchen wing was added by the family in 1882. It was around this time that the enlarged house shed its name as "The Cottage," and was known as Mount Equity. The property is now home to a Buddhist Monastery, Mt. Equity Zendo Jihoji.
Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Subject
Webster, Bertha Taylor, b. 1869 -- Portraits
Ellis family -- Homes and haunts.
Play (Recreation)
Smokehouses -- Pennsylvania -- Pennsdale.
Tennis rackets.
Genre
Glass plate negatives -- 1880-1890.
Portraits -- 1880-1890.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Webster [P.9501.68]
Accession number
P.9501.68
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Webster Family Negative and Photograph Collection
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