Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PS1751.4 |
Collection |
Small Photograph Collection |
Title |
Street Fair for the Girl Scouts of Greater Portsmouth |
Date |
July 30, 1928 |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Description |
Members of the "Toy Booth" pose in front of the booth during the street fair benefiting the Girl Scouts of Greater Portsmouth at Haven Park and along Livermore Street, Portsmouth, NH. Raising $1,400 for the Girl Scouts, the street fair was designed by a Miss Seymour of Boston & Virginia Tanner Green of Boston & New Castle, NH. According to the Portsmouth Herald, the event was supposed to occur on Saturday, July 28, but inclement weather postponed the fair until Monday. Members of the "Toy Booth" were dressed as peasants. This included Mary I. Wood as chair, Mrs I. E. Ewer as Mother Goose (second from left), Amy Schurman, cashier, with assistants Dr. Sarah Sidis, Dorothy Adams, Mrs. John Dolan, Mrs. Wallace Garrett, Misses McCammon and Mary Carey Dondero (far right). |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Print size |
7" x 5" |
Search Terms |
Haven Park (Pleasant Street) Pleasant Street Livermore Street Edward Street |
Subjects |
Girl Scouts Fairs Organizations Costumes Toys Greenery Women |
People |
Dondero family Dondero, Mary Ellen (Carey), 1894-1960 Ewer family Ewer, Jennie Drew, 1873-1933 Wood family Wood, Mary Inez (Stevens), 1866-1945 Sidis family Sidis, Sarah (Mandelbaum), 1874-1959 Schurman family Schurman, Amy, dfl. 1928 Adams family Adams, Dorothy "Dottie" (Jarvis) Dolan family McCammon family Garrett family Seymour family Green family Green, Virginia Tanner, 1881-1950 |