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Purgatory Chasm, aka The Lovers' Leap
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- black and white stereograph mounted on grey cardstock; handwritten on verso "Purgatory"; stamped on verso "From / Joshua A. Williams / New Port, R.I."; view looking down into steep chasm, rocky cliff face on either side topped by scrubby grass and brush; photographed by J.A. Williams
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- mid-late 1800s
- ID Number
- 2012.3033.0617
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3033
- catalog number
- 2012.3033.0617
- Object Name
- stereograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm
- place made
- United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Middletown
- associated place
- United States: Rhode Island, Rhode Island, Newport
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmah_1899737
- Usage
- CC0
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