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Description

Sisters Verlie (left) and Nettie Colby posed for a portrait in "Mama's Parlor". The Colby parlor was a formal room that was used only for special occasions where Verlie said, "We wore our dresses."

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• Title: Verlie and Nettie Colby, Westport Island, ca. 1909
• Creation Date: circa 1909
• Subject Date: circa 1909
• Location: Westport Island, Lincoln County, ME
• Media: Photographic print
• Dimensions: 12.8 cm x 10 cm
• Local Code: ColbyGreenleaf.52.photo.ca1909
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Portraits--Maine--Westport Island
• Sisters--Maine--Westport Island
• Westport Island (Me.)

People

• Colby, Jeanette Louise
• Colby, Verlie May

Other Keywords

• family
• parlor

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