Formal portrait of Gideon Hammond Allen, Class of 1871. He worked in stock farming, landscape gardening and engineering before entering the insurance business as an accountant. He was a writer who is said to have reported on the Lizzie Borden trail while working at the New Bedford newspaper The Evening Standard. "Very Truly G. H. Allen, Marion, Mass.,'71 M.A.C." signed on back. "M.A.C. Collection, Library of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass." stamped on back. Logo of "J.L. Lovell" printed on back.
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