Charles Coffin, The Maine Hermit, wearing Grover Cleveland bandana, forage cap, and sword

Item Information

Title:
Charles Coffin, The Maine Hermit, wearing Grover Cleveland bandana, forage cap, and sword
Description:
From a series of images depicting Coffin, a hermit and tourist attraction near the Desert of Maine. "Pictured wearing a Grover Cleveland bandana, holding a sabre -- possibly from the Indian Wars which ended around 1886 after the capture of Apache leader Geronimo."
Photographer:
Blackington, Alton H.
Date:
[ca. 1941]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Black-and-white negatives
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Alton H. Blackington Collection
Subjects:
Eccentrics and eccentricities--Maine--Freeport--Photographs
Hermits--Maine--Photographs
Coffin, Charles
Places:
Maine > Cumberland (county) > Freeport
Extent:
1 photograph ; 8.5 x 10 cm
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph061-sl123-i001
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Freeport (Me.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph061-sl123-i001