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Description
Black and white portrait photograph of Henry Beston Sheahan (1888-1968) with the following inscription, "For Charles Campbell Esqr, Gratefully Henry Beston."
A naturalist and writer, he was a graduate of Harvard. He began writing children's books under the name "Henry Beston" and became known by that name.
He and his wife, Elizabeth Coatsworth, a poet and novelist, bought Chimney Farm in Nobleboro in the early 1930s.
About This Item
- Title: Henry Beston, Nobleboro, ca. 1950
- Creation Date: circa 1950
- Subject Date: circa 1950
- Location: ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 16 cm x 12 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2146, Box 1/1
- Collection: Charles E. Campbell photograph collection
- Object Type: Image
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