Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Fourth Avenue Campground, Martha's Vineyard
1873
Maker not marked
Unknown
Photograph on paper mounted on board
overall: 3-1/2"h x 7"w x 1/4"d
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection, Gift of Thomas Garrett
2010.055.175

Black and white stereocard photograph of people on a street. No title. Mounted on orange card. Double image of numerous people lining a street on Martha's Vineyard. Cottages line both sides. Signs can be seen on the right reading "Rooms to Let". A young boy in a hat stands in the street. The back of the card has notes in pencil "Fourth Ave. / Campground. / Martha's Vineyard / Ellison" in cursive and "Fourth Avenue / Campground / Martha's Vineyard / Taken 1873". The numeral 5 is written in the bottom right corner.

For further information, see blog post, August 2, 2016 http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2016/08/summer-a-time-of-warm-weather-long-days-and-of-course-vacations-whether-its-a-day-trip-a-few-towns-over-or-a-weeks-lo.html