Exterior view of Gay Head Lighthouse with tourists and an ox-cart, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1887

Item Information

Title:
Exterior view of Gay Head Lighthouse with tourists and an ox-cart, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1887
Description:
A group of tourists stand in front of the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The lighthouse tower is topped with a sperm whale weathervane, and the keeper can be seen on the tower balcony.
Photographer:
Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928
Date:
1887
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC001: General photographic collection
Subjects:
weathervanes
tourism
lighthouses
group portraits
exterior views
events (activities)
African American men
African American boys
Places:
Massachusetts > Dukes (county) > Martha's Vineyard (island) > Gay Head (cape)
Massachusetts > Dukes (county) > Martha's Vineyard (island) > Chilmark
Gay Head Lighthouse (Martha's Vineyard, Mass.)
Extent:
1 photograph
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/189804
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Identifier:
189804
Call #:
PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0080.001