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Call Number:

PH-01439

Collection Name:

Messrs. Stearn Photography Collection

Creator:

Mssrs. Stearn

No. of Items:

5 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1900

Description:

The collection consists of five photographs by Stearn & Sons (credited as Messrs. Stearn), mounted on the rectos and versos of two leaves removed from an album. Also appearing on the leaves are a photograph by Scott & Wilkinson and a photograph by an unidentified creator. Item-level information follows.

First leaf, 26.6 x 35.2 cm
Recto:
964:0731:0001 -- Messrs. Stearn. Large group portrait of men and women in boats and standing on shore, Cambridge, England, circa 1900. Albumen print, 21.6 x 28 cm.
Verso:
964:0732:0001 -- Scott & Wilkinson. Crew race and spectators on boats, Cambridge, England, circa 1900. Albumen print, 14 x 20.3 cm (print);
964:0731:0002 -- Messrs. Stearn. Crew race and spectators on shore, Cambridge, England, circa 1900. Albumen print, 15.1 x 23.1 (print).

Second leaf, 26.5 x 35.3 cm
Recto:
964:0102:XXXX -- Unidentified photographer. Cricket team posed in front of building, undated. Albumen print, 10.8 x 15.2 cm;
964:0731:0003 -- Messrs. Stearn. Crew race and spectators on shore, Cambridge, England, circa 1900s. Albumen print, 15.4 x 22.5 cm.
Verso:
964:0731:0004 -- Messrs. Stearn. Crew race and spectators on shore, Cambridge, England, circa 1900s. Albumen print, 14.5 x 22.7 cm;
964:0731:0005 -- Messrs. Stearn. Crew race and spectators on shore, Cambridge, England, circa 1900s. Albumen print, 15.2 x 22.6 cm.

Accession No(s):

964:0731:0001-0005

Location(s):

S Box, Small (964:0731:0001-0002; 964:0732:0001)
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Unid. Gernsheim Box 2 (964:0731:0003-0005)
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