“Cronies”

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Photographers Frances (1854-1941) and Mary (1858-1941) Allen of Deerfield, Massachusetts, loved to take carefully composed, nostalgic (but not historically accurate) photographs of early New England life. Here, they have posed town historian George Sheldon (1818-1916), author of The History of Deerfield and representative to the Massachusetts Senate, with young Mark Allen (1893-1971), the photographers’ nephew, who stand in the doorway of Sheldon’s home, the Sheldon-Hawks house, now owned and operated as a historic house museum by Historic Deerfield, Inc.

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Item typePhotograph
PhotographerAllen, Frances and Mary
Date1898
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
EraRise of Industrial America, 1878–1899
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPhotography; Platinum
Dimension details.01: 7.5 x 4.5″, no border
Catalog #1996.14.2169.01-.02
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Allen, Frances and Mary, photographer. Cronies. Photograph. 1898. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1996-14-2169-01-02/. Accessed on December 7, 2024.

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