Monomoy Lighthouse, Vineyard Sound, MA, circa 1865

albumen print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Masury, Samuel
USA, MA, Vineyard Sound; USA, MA, Cape Cod; USA, MA, Monomoy Point
Circa 1865
paper
mount 13-7/8 x17-1/8 in.; image 9-3/4 x 12 in.

Albumen print of Monomoy Point Lighthouse, Vineyard Sound, MA, circa 1965. Oval picture on rectangular mount, men seen sitting on barrels in front and a man is seen standing in the tower. Handwritten in pencil on mount below picture at left: "Monomoy Point" and hand printed in pen below: "Monomoy Point L.H./ Vineyard Sound, Cape Cod, Mass." and embossed in oval below: "MASURY'S/ PHOTOGRAPH/ BOSTON." Samuel Masury, 1818-1874. Handwritten in pencil on back: "Monomoy Point/ Cape Cod/ Mass." Two holes have been punched at top of its mount for hanging or binding photograph in an album.

1979.148.20