Tinted Photograph and postcard: Chesterfield Gorge, W. Chesterfield, ca. 1910, H. B. Thrasher photo

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Identifier

Ph99ALe

Title

Tinted Photograph and postcard: Chesterfield Gorge, W. Chesterfield, ca. 1910, H. B. Thrasher photo

Subject

Landscape

Description

Same image: looking northeast in the Chesterfield Gorge cascades West Chesterfield "on the Worthington Road, Worthington, MA". "In the heart of the Beautiful Berkshires" View of bridge abutment in distance. Harvey Road originally came out to the Westfield River in this locale. 'Thrasher' signed on the matte board.
Sepia postcard from sample book of Herbert Berniss Thrasher (1884-1927), photographer. Titled: 'In the heart of the dear old Berkshire Hills. Looking NorthEast in the Gorge Cascades , W. Chesterfield, on the Worthington Road, Worthington, Mass.' (#2). Thrasher was the son of George M. and Hattie Lyman Thrasher. Guy Thrasher was his brother. The sample book was produced during the 1920s when H. B. Thrasher was living and working in Florida. The images are undated but are probably quite a bit earlier, ca. 1915 or so.

Type

Still Image

Format

11.4 x 16.5 cm (4.5 x 6.5 in)

Creator

Herbert B. Thrasher

Date

ca. 1910

Publisher

Donated by Barbara Batura and Marjorie Candiano, H. B. Thrasher's grand-nieces. They received it from their brother, Roy. E. Johnson Jr.

Date Available

2008-03-08

Is Part Of

Box 02, Box 09

Medium

Paper

Provenance

from Dot Nelson, summer 1999

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Still Image - Color Photograph

Physical Dimensions

11.4 x 16.5 cm

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