Glass plate negatives of New England gravestones, 1925-1939.

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Glass plate negatives of New England gravestones, 1925-1939.

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Consists of ten glass plate negatives depicting gravestones that dated between 1689 and 1784; nine were located in Massachusetts and the other in Vermont. The photographs feature sculpture, carving, and other ornamentation found on early New England tombstones. The headstones generally included the name of the individual, date of death, and age at the time of death. The text is centered with ornamentation at the top and around the sides of the stone.

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Forbes, Harriette Merrifield, 1856-1951.

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Harriette Forbes was an author and historian from Worcester, Ma. Her husband was Judge William Trowbridge Forbes and her daughter, Esther Forbes, was a novelist. Forbes wrote New England Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals, 1923, and Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them, 1927. From the description of Glass plate negatives of New England gravestones, 1925-1939. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122559240 Author of Gravestones of Early New Eng...