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Essex County Parks (36 negatives)

 File — Multiple Containers

Scope and Contents

These negatives in Box 2-3 were labelled as "Essex County Parks" and contain at least two negatives of Branch Brook Park. Another envelope from Essex County mentions outdoor activities girls -- hoop rolling, woods and at beach. A third envelope (empty) is from NJ State Hsopital and mentions "women in tulip garden dress". These may have gotten mixed in.

2 negatives Branch Brook Park, boats, Sacred Heart 5 negatives women / girls archery 2 one subject photographing another 2 of boats / boating, 1 includes a boathouse 1 of men in sports uniforms, seeming to have won a game 4 of girls or children outdoors, boys doing a pyramid, all seem to have the same building in background 2 of a rock fence, 1 has figures in it 1 of men around a fence 1 of a field with men in uniforms (military?) and a flag 1 of a man hanging laundry (possibly on a boat) 1 of a figure running 1 of a horse in a stadium with an auidence, men with horse 1 of men in a field, with what appears to be balls 1 of men outdoors in a sports enclosure 1 of pumpkin picking 1 of girls wading in a stream 1 of emptyy woods 1 of figures posing near a rock or statue 3 of girls (?) in the woods, 1 shows girls holding hands 1 of girls (?) snowshoeing 1 of girls (?) sledding 1 of girls perched outdoors on something (rock?) 1 of girls swimming outdoors

Dates

  • 1886-1926, undated

Extent

From the Collection: 2.09 Linear Feet (6 glass negative archival boxes (1 8x10, 4 5x7, 1 4x5) and 2 flat (book case) cases)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

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