Essex County Parks (36 negatives)
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
- From the Collection: Cone, William F. , 1874-1966 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
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Newark Public Library
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Newark NJ 07102 United States
973-733-7775
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