Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
P0012_0035 |
Collection |
Ray Brighton Photographs |
Title |
Market Square |
Date |
circa 1880s |
Year Range from |
1875 |
Year Range to |
1925 |
Description |
Three brothers from York, Maine, pose with their wagonloads of baskets for sale in Market Square, Portsmouth, NH. Undated. At left is High Street. En verso includes information. The image comes from "They Came To Fish" by Ray Brighton, first published in 1973 and revised in 1979 and 1994. In the 1979 edition, the caption was as follows: "Market Square was indeed once a market place, attracting country traders to the city with their wares. Shown in this old photo are three brothes from York who were peddling baskets on the north side of the Square in front of the Athenaeum." |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Print size |
7" x 4" |
Search Terms |
Market Square High Street Butler & Laighton, Groceries Hartford Fire Insurance Co. H. B. Buzzell & Son Leveen, E. Clothing Store (Market Square) Wendell's Hardware Store Laighton, John, grocer (Market Square) Aetna Insurance Company York (Me.) |
Subjects |
Streetscapes City & town life Business districts Baskets Vendors Wagons Horse-drawn vehicles Horses Stores & shops Storefronts Awnings Hardware stores Grocery stores |
Related Publications |
"They Came To Fish" by Ray Brighton, published in 1973, revised in 1979 and 1994, opposite p. 165. |