Corporate Name
Benjamin H. Waite Dry Goods and Carpeting Store
Date1876-77
MediumSilver Gelatin Print
Dimensions8.5x10.5" mounted
Object number2000.100.89.1.2.41
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionCaption says: " Dry Goods and Carpeting Store of Benj. H. Waite - 38 Purchase St., New Bedford in 1870-1877. Standing at left - Edward J. Cleary - Miss Annie Tripp - Miss M.E. Robbins-the bookkeeper - Later Mrs. Jas A. Gifford - Miss Frances Neal - later Mrs. Isaac L. Ashley - Albert Lewis, seated at left - Miss Mary Eddy - Miss Nellie Wing - standing near center Benj. H. Waite - the Proprietor, next in center, his brother Crary B. Waite, next another brother - Stephen Waite, young Stephen E. Waite stands behind the three. Standing on the right next to Stephen Waite, Miss Nettie Neal - later Mrs. Jooseph Delahunty, Mrs. Fletcher, Miss Shaw was later Mrs. Edward Perry." Phot shows interior of a store with table covered with piles of fabric in foregrouund. Glass topped display cases are on left, with staff behind them. Owner and older men stand in middle of photo, piles of cloth at right with clerks standing behind them.On View
Not on view1745-1925
early 20th Century
1725-1960
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