Photograph, Cabinet
Portrait of a group of Shakers
1888
Description
Photograph of the south steps of the Mount Lebanon Meetinghouse (1824) with seven Shaker Brothers, seven Shaker Sisters, and two young girls standing or seated on the steps. The photograph was owned by Henry Terry Clough and is marked on the back with his name applied with a rubber stamp in blue ink. The card is also labeled "No. 22" in what is assumed to be Henry Clough's handwriting. The date, 1888, is also written on the back of the card in the same hand. The card has the inscription, "Group on Church Steps -- Private South Entrance," written on the back in what is supposed to be Henry Terry Clough's handwriting.