Female bather at Fairhaven bath house

Female bather at Fairhaven bath house

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Title:
Female bather at Fairhaven bath house
Description:
Blue tone cyanotype image of woman in bathing suit in Fairhaven. Subject is a Caucasian woman in bathing suit attire going up wooden steps to a bathhouse. Bathing suit is dark with light-colored bands at shoulder, mid-arm, waist and hem. Skirt is just below the knee. Two partial male figures are visible at extreme left and right of image.
Date:
[ca. 1893]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Cyanotypes
Portrait photographs
Location:
New Bedford Free Public Library
Earl D. Wilson Collection Photographs Box 1, Folder 106 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Earle D. Wilson Collection
Subjects:
Bathhouses
Public baths
Places:
Massachusetts > Bristol (county) > Fairhaven
Extent:
1 photograph : cyanotype print ; sheet 7 x 7 cm
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Notes:
Title from accompanying material.
Additional information from accompanying material: Handwritten on back: "Fairhaven/Well formed little woman/going up steps."
Notes (date):
Date from accompanying materials.
Accession #:
2004.004
Identifier:
2004.004.0106