Gert Swasey : Portrait, seated on a bed with gifts

Item Information

Title:
Gert Swasey : Portrait, seated on a bed with gifts
Description:
From a series of images for the Norris Sunday Herald; feature, lecture. Helen "Gert" Swasey (1855-1934) a noted circus performer (horse act) who had fallen on hard times as she aged, became known for adopting stray dogs and alley cats in the 1920s.
Photographer:
Blackington, Alton H.
Date:
[ca. 1927]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Black-and-white photographs
Glass plate negatives
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Alton H. Blackington Collection
Subjects:
Beds--Massachusetts--Photographs
Swasey, Gert, 1855-1934
Places:
Massachusetts
Extent:
1 photograph ; 12.5 x 10 cm.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph061-sl716-i001
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Haverhill (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph061-sl716-i001