Ned Dana and Dicky Lyman dressed in colonial costume, 1896
Two young white boys sit leaning towards each other. They wear full colonial costume.
The two boys in the images #90 and #91, possibly Ned Dana and Dicky Lyman, sit in colonial outfits on a small sofa. Notes: [1896] as the subjects are dressed for the 22 February 1896 George Washington birthday celebration at Longfellow House as indicated by the negative box labels "Danas in fancy dress / Feb 22 '96 / Continental Costumes / Geo. Washington / Mrs. Washington / Edmund Randolph / Ned / Dicky Lyman / Allston, etc." Waistcoat on the boy on the left is in the museum collection as LONG 13825.
Archives Number: 1006/4.2.10#92
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Photograph in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Family Papers, Anne Allegra Longfellow Thorp and Family Papers, Joseph Gilbert Thorp Jr., Glass Plate Negatives. (1006/004.002.010)
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Joseph Gilbert Thorp Jr. (1852-1931)
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