Artist/Maker
Goode, Ned
MediumSilver Gelatin Print; Negative
Dimensions4" x 5", 5" x 7"
Object number2000.100.2751
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPhotographs and negatives taken by Ned Goode for the Historic American Buildings Survey and the U.S. Department of Interiors in 1961. Documents fifteen buildins historic to New Bedford in a variety of 4" x 5" and 5" x 7"Ned Goode was among photographers and engineers commissioned by the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) to document "America's built environment in multiformat surveys comprising more than 556,900 measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more than 38,600 historic structures and sites dating from Pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century. The project began in 1933 in agreement with the National Park Service and the Library of Congress and was re-activated in 1957 with an emphasis on the photography portion. Ned and Lila Goode were given a contract on a competitve basis, beginning their work in their hometown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, eventually spanning New England.
Info at:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/988014
On View
Not on view
1947
New Bedford Yacht Club
1745-1925
c1950
Circa 1810
Alice Knowles (Bark)
Tripp, William H.
