Boston Public LibraryCharlestown Lantern Slides

Costumes of old Charlestown worn at exhibit of April-May 1944, in Charlestown Branch Library

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Title:: Costumes of old Charlestown worn at exhibit of April-May 1944, in Charlestown Branch Library
Description:: Costumes of old Charlestown worn at exhibit of April-May 1944, in Charlestown Branch Library. Left to right - Florence Hazen, wearing Dresden taffeta dress dated before Civil War; first owner, Mrs. Patrick Blaney (Anne McLaughlin); loaned by Mrs. Timothy Reardon, daughter. Elinor Day, wearing gray brocaded satin wedding gown of Mrs. James K. Frothingham (Nancy Greene), in 1853; gown loaned by Capt. and Mrs. Thomas G. Frothingham. Marion Abbott, wearing wedding gown of Mrs. Horatio McFarland (Lucinda Durgin), of gray taffeta with lace Bertha. This gown was purchased by Mr. McFarland on his way home from the gold rush of '49.
Photographer:: Christian Science Publishing Society
Collector:: Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Name on Item:: photo by Christian Science Monitor
Date:: April 1944–May 1944
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Lantern slides
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Location:: Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):: Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:: Public libraries
Exhibitions
Spinning apparatus
Costumes
Boston Public Library. Charlestown Branch Library
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Monument Square
Monument Square District
Extent:: 1 photograph : transparency
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8k71p4598
Terms of Use:: Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:: Title from materials accompanying item.
Notes (ownership):: Courtesy of the Christian Science Monitor
Notes (historical):: Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:: CHA-240-C1