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Wesleyan Grove Camp Ground
1868-77
C.H. Shute & Son
USA: Massachusetts, Edgartown
Photograph on paper mounted on board
3 1/2"h x 7"w x 1/8"d
Gift of William Caleb Loring
88.38.106

Black-and-white stereophotograph or stereocard mounted on a light green card, showing a row of six "gingerbread" houses. At each of the houses, there are people sitting in front, either on the porch or the front steps. Overhanging trees along the top and the right edge of each image cast shadows on the road below. Printed on the back of the card in black is "Stereoscopic Views / Wesleyan Grove Camp Ground / Martha's Vineyard, and other Scenery, / published by / C.H. Shute & Son. Edgar town, Mass. / All orders by mail promptly attended to. Terms, Cash."


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