Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
P0018_0405_02 |
Collection |
Portsmouth Historical Society* |
Title |
Rooftop of 16 Pleasant Street |
Date |
c. 1935 |
Year Range from |
1910 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Description |
Ella P. Walker (most likely) crocheting on the rooftop of 16 Pleasant Street known as the Glebe Land Building (among other names), Portsmouth, NH. Nitrate Film. Congress Block and other Congress Street buildings are seen in the distance. William Walker (likely the photographer) lived at 16 Pleasant Street with his wife Ella Pray Stover Walker. The couple were married in Portsmouth on Dec. 16, 1922. It was William's third marriage and Ella's second. In 1938, William died, and Ella lived in Greenland on a farm that she had owned. A few years later, she sold the farm and returned to Portsmouth and resided in the Home for Aged Women on Deer Street. Image scanned from nitrate film. Only a digital copy exists. |
Photographer |
Walker, William (most likely) |
Object Name |
Nitrate, Film |
Print size |
2.5" x 3.5" |
Search Terms |
Pleasant Street Glebe Land Building Portsmouth Athenaeum Congress Street Congress Block (Congress Street) |
Subjects |
Snow Rooftops Roofs Women Crocheting Nitrate negatives |
People |
Walker family Walker, Ella Pray (Stover), 1873-1950 Walker, William |
Relation |
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