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Maplewood Young Ladies' Institute, Pittsfield, MA
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (American, 1809–1894)
Medium/Technique
Stereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock
Credit Line
Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.3076
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPhotography
ClassificationsPhotographs – Stereographs
InscriptionsVerso, in ink: View in the grounds of the Pittsfield "Girls' Nest " (vide O. W. H.) - i.e. The Young Ladies "Institute" - Respectfully presented to Miss Amelia Holmes
ProvenanceOliver Wendell Holmes (b. 1809 – d. 1894), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1950, bequeathed by Edward Jackson Holmes to his widow, Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (b. 1875 – d. 1964), Boston; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 19, 2012)