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Manchester Bros.

Squantum, Rhode Island

Maker

Manchester Bros. (Providence, active 1871-1878), photographer

Title

Squantum, Rhode Island

Year

ca. 1871-1878

Medium

  • Albumen print stereographic card

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Albumen print stereographic card

Materials

albumen print

Supports

  • mounted on board

Dimensions

10 x 17.6 cm (3 15/16 x 6 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in black pen, recto, bottom: Squantum, RI

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Alice K. Miles

Object Number

1986.035.6

Type

  • Photographs

Exhibition History

Take Care
Aug 20, 2022 – Mar 22, 2023

Label copy

The photographs on these stereographic cards were taken just across the Providence River from the Erik Gould photos to your left. In the decades between these sets of images, dramatic changes took place in this once biodiverse scene. These photos also illustrate a long history of socioeconomic differences in waterway use and access, with one shore decimated by industry and the other preserved as a place of wealth and exclusivity.

Squantum, the location written on the cards, speaks to the displacement of Indigenous peoples throughout New England, as well as the continued use of Native names as geographic identifiers. The anglicized name Squantum comes from Tisquantum, also known as Squanto,  the Wampanoag translator and teacher of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, or Patuxet. Today the Squantum area is home to a private club, further limiting access.

– Laurie Anne Brewer, associate curator of costume and textiles

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Manchester Bros. (Providence, active 1871-1878), photographer
Squantum, Rhode Island, ca. 1871-1878
Albumen print stereographic card
10 x 17.6 cm (3 15/16 x 6 15/16 inches)
Gift of Alice K. Miles 1986.035.6

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