John Cooke Memorial, Fairhaven
Item Information
- Title:
- John Cooke Memorial, Fairhaven
- Description:
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Black and white photo of John Cook Memorial, Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Roughly triangular shaped boulder with circular plaque set in public park; monument set against shrubs, trees, and flowering bushes; expanses of lawn in front with walkway leading to monument; wood frame house partially visible in background at left. Mounted on tan cardboard with gray lined borders; typed label on back: "Inscription on a Tablet on the/ Memorial Boulder at Oxford, Fairhaven, Mass./ marking the burial place of John Cooke, son/ of Francis Cooke, the lad of the Mayflower/ passengers./ Sacred to the Memory of/ John Cooke/ Who was buried herein in 1695./ The last surviving male Pilgrim of those/ who came over in the 'Mayflower'./ First white settler of this town./ The pioneer in its religious, moral/ and business life. A man of character/ and integrity, and the trusted agent for/ this part of the Commonwealth of the Old/ Colonial Civil Government of Plymouth./ This tablet in the Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford, Mass./ 'In memory of/ John Cooke/ Pilgrim - Pioneer - Preacher.'"
- Date:
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[ca. 1860–1955]
- Format:
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Photographs
- Genre:
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Photographic prints
Landscape photographs
- Location:
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New Bedford Free Public Library
Main Library, room 309, cabinet U07, shelf SH10, container BX14:F032 (shelf locator) - Collection (local):
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Photograph Collection
- Subjects:
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Parks
Monuments & memorials
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Bristol (county) > Fairhaven
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : print
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cn69mr41f
- Terms of Use:
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Rights status not evaluated.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND).
- Notes:
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Item caption: John Cooke Memorial, Fairhaven.
- Notes (date):
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Date supplied by cataloger.
- Accession #:
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2010.001.1471
- Identifier:
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70080569-0CD9-4F42-A6D9-834977485698
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