Photographs of Cambridge and Petersham, Mass. by E. S. Dixwell
Description:
A bound album including forty-nine mounted photographs and one loose photograph, including many cyanotypes. The photographs were taken by E. S. Dixwell, and they include images of houses and streets in Petersham, Mass., the Harvard Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., and interiors of 58 Garden Street in Cambridge, Mass. The interior views of 58 Garden Street show the living room, dining room, and kitchen, and exterior photographs document the house in different seasons and include gardens. Also pictured in this album are floral arrangements and church decorations. Many of the photographs have been identified and date from around 1886. Several of them show women identified as Miss Newham, Arria Dixwell Howe (Mrs. Archibald Murray Howe), Katie Howe, and Miss Althorp.
