Photograph
"Tramp Chair"
| A view of a chair on wheels with a hotel in the background. A sign on the lawn reads: "Keep away from the Cannon." Printed near the bottom left corner: "The Tramp Chair." In the middle: "The Samoset," and text at bottom right corner: "Rockland Breakwater, Maine." |
| Image ID: | 75128 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Rockland |
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| State: | Maine |
| Collection Name: | Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (A6)02390 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
| The film negative's storage sleeve gives a description: "'Tramp Chair' displayed as an historical curiosity at a summer hotel. An iron-bound cage on wheels, probably of the mid-19th century, apparently used publicly to remove vagrants apprehended in the community." |
| Shrubs |
| Chairs |
| Outdoor photography |
| Hotels |
| Signs and signboards |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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