Henry W. Longfellow and daughter Edith in front of Craigie House, 1878

Contributed by NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Description

Copy print of an albumen stereograph. Longfellow wrote in a letter to Eunice Whitney Farley Felton, wife of his good friend Cornelius Conway Felton, on September 20, 1878, "Returning home I found...Edith, waiting for me to go with her to Mrs. Bradley's and see the Herons of Elmwood. And as we went out of the door, there stood another photographer with his deadly instrument aimed at us, and insisting upon taking us as we stood on the steps."

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About This Item

  • Title: Henry W. Longfellow and daughter Edith in front of Craigie House, 1878
  • Creator: Alden Photograph Company
  • Creation Date: 1878
  • Subject Date: 1878
  • Location: Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
  • Media: Photographic print
  • Local Code: LONG 27885
  • Collection: Longfellow Family Photographs
  • Object Type: Image

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