Flag Raising, Girls School, Lawrence, Massachusetts

1860s

Yeaw & Co

Associated Names
Yeaw & Co

Artist, 1859 - 1870

This is a photograph of a three-story building with people on the roof. The image shows a large wooden structure with evenly spaced windows featuring shutters. The architecture includes a porch supported by several columns. The roof is lined with a group of figures standing. A small structure on the rooftop holds a flag. A dirt path leads to the main entrance, bordered by grass and small shrubs. There are visible wheel tracks near the building, and in the background, there are other structures and blurred trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 5.5 × 8.7 cm (2 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
    mount: 6.3 × 10.1 cm (2 1/2 × 4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.122.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2021.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, center printed in black ink perpendicular: YEAW & CO. / No. 166 Essex Street, / LAWRENCE, MASS. / A. Yeaw, M H. Lufkin.

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