[Nantucket Photographica]:

$1,500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

NANTUCKET SCENES TAKEN ON WEDDING TRIP OF ARTHUR & BESSIE BURT SEPT. 1895 [manuscript title]. An excellent and early annotated vernacular photograph album capturing the vitality of the island of Nantucket at the end of the 19th century. The photographs were taken, and the album assembled, by Arthur & Bessie Burt, a young married couple spending their honeymoon on the island in September 1895; one of the images shows Bessie sitting on the beach on the north side of Nantucket. These sharp and informative photographs capture Nantucket landmarks such as the Springfield House Hotel, Brant Point, and Coffyn (or Coffin) House, the oldest house on Nantucket, built in 1686. The images also include various bird's-eye views of Nantucket from all four directions of the compass; views of Nantucket Harbor; numerous street views on Main Street, Cliff Road, Union Street, and others; the Post Office at Broadway and Sconset; the Sankoty and other lighthouses; and early homes. There are also a few similar views of Rockport on Thacher Island, Wrentham, Readville, and Hyde Park, Massachusetts, as well as Newport, New Hampshire. The latter few images show members of the Burt family and a scene of lettuce beds on their farm in Wrentham. A captivating collection of New England photographs documenting Nantucket and other coastal towns in late Victorian America.

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