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Call Number:

PH-00609

Collection Name:

[Photograph album]

Creator:

Sewell, Minnie H.

No. of Items:

97 photographs in album

Span Dates:

1899

Description:

Photograph album containing 96 mounted and 1 laid-in gelatin silver prints likely taken by Minnie H. Sewell. The photographs, all snapshots, were taken throughout the south of England between Brighton and Plymouth. Other locations include Patcham, Bramber, Southampton, Lyndhurst, and Lymington. Several depict the same little girl with family members, on the beach, and in other locations. Many of the photographs were taken on Brighton Beach, with others depicting thatched-roof dwellings, livestock, and villages. The first leaf of the album is inscribed: "Minnie H. Sewell. / 53 Buckingham Place / Brighton. / Dec. 1899. / Photos taken during the year. 1899".

Accession No(s):

964:1037:0001-0097; Purchase, 1963

Location(s):

f TR 655.11 P243 HRC-P (964:1037:0001-0097)
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See Also:

[Photograph album]: An additional album by Sewell is located in the Photography Collection (call number f TR 655.11 S467 HRC-P).