Walter T. Smith, the last town crier : Close-up with bell

Item Information

Title:
Walter T. Smith, the last town crier : Close-up with bell
Description:
Old town crier in uniform and with bell, Walter T. "Hoppy" Smith, the last functional town crier of Provincetown and believed to have been the last functional town crier in the country. Retired at the age of 78 in 1927 due to physical debility, after which there was a lapse in his post until the early 1930s when the position was revived for promotional and tourism purposes.
Photographer:
Blackington, Alton H.
Date:
[ca. 1927]
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:
Town criers--Massachusetts--Provincetown--Photographs
Smith, Walter T.
Places:
Massachusetts > Barnstable (county) > Provincetown
Extent:
1 photograph ; 12.5 x 10 cm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph061-sl682-i001
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Provincetown (Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
muph061-sl682-i001