Reuben Austin Snow, the cross-dressing hermit of Cape Cod, seated in front of cottage, knitting

Item Information

Title:
Reuben Austin Snow, the cross-dressing hermit of Cape Cod, seated in front of cottage, knitting
Description:
Snow died 1929-07-19? Close-up in front of his house; pictured dressed as an old woman.
Photographer:
Blackington, Alton H.
Date:
[ca. 1929]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Black-and-white photographs
Glass plate negatives
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Alton H. Blackington Collection
Subjects:
Dwellings--Massachusetts--Orleans--Photographs
Eccentrics and eccentricities--Massachusetts--Orleans--Photographs
Knitting--Massachusetts--Photographs
Transvestites--Massachusetts--Orleans--Photographs
Snow, Reuben Austin--Homes and haunts--Photographs
Snow, Reuben Austin
Places:
Massachusetts > Barnstable (county) > Orleans
Extent:
1 photograph ; 12.5 x 10 cm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph061-sl688-i001
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Orleans (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph061-sl688-i001