- VC137-i137003
- Item
- circa 1935
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Studio portrait of Nathaniel Harrington Cowdry.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Portrait of Alice Cowdry holding a letter at the foot of the front steps of a brownstone.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Vida Villa, northeast corner."
E.V. Cowdry holding Edmund Vincent Cowdry, Jr. on a porch.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
infant, possibly Alice Moira Cowdry, in the lap of Aline Cowdry.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Portrait of young E.V. Cowdry, Jr. at the beach.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Studio portrait of E.V. Cowdry as an infant.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
The photograph is mounted on a board. Handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Edmund Vincent Cowdry, aged 15 months - With love for dear Grandmama."
Alice Cowdry riding in a rickshaw, China.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Interior view of a staircase and banister with a newel post.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Exterior view of the Cowdry home, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Group portrait of five domestic servents at the Cowdry home, China.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
The men each have a handwritten number beneath their feet which corresponds to a caption on the back of the photograph that reads: "1 = Coolie; 2 = Wasli coolie; 3 - Cook - who 'squeezed' so, we won't have him again; 4 = Chang, no. 1 boy; 5 = rickshaw coolie. I wish they were plainer." The term "coolie" was a term implying an unskilled manual laborer or indentured laborer during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The term is now considered derogatory and/or a racial slur.
Exterior view of the Cowdry home, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Handwritten note on the postcard reads: "We go to Waterloo tomorrow to see the battlefield, much love, Dad."
Portrait of E.V. Cowdry in a garden.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Portrait of two young children, likely E.V. Cowdry's grandchildren.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Portrait of a young boy, likely E.V. Cowdry's grandson.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Portrait of E.V. Cowdry and an unidentified man standing in front of a building.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides
Portrait of E.V. Cowdry waving his hat jauntily.
Part of E.V. Cowdry Photographs, Negatives, and Lantern Slides