Japanese geishas

Item Information

Title:
Japanese geishas
Description:
Group of five dancing geishas in kimonos standing before a scenic backdrop holding oil paper umbrellas. Photograph believed to be taken by Lyman.
Photographer:
Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
Date:
[1879?]
Format:
Photographs
Prints
Genre:
Gelatin silver prints
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 38 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Benjamin Smith Lyman Papers
Series:
Series 6. Photographs
Subjects:
Women--Japan--Photographs
Geishas--Japan--Photographs
Places:
Japan
Extent:
1 photograph ; 9.5 x 14 cm.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums190-b038-i054
Terms of Use:
All rights for this image are held by the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
Japan
Identifier:
mums190-b038-i054