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Picture, Flora

Object Name:
Picture, Flora
Object ID:
1960.010
Place of Origin:
South Hadley, MA
Date:
1862-1864
Description:
Herbarium (album of dried plants). Compiled by Mary Emery Clough (1839-1917) of Canterbury, NH, while a student at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, Class of 1864. Unbound pages. Specimens identified in ink by name, some with date and location. Most are from New England, but many are from other states and Europe. Many are from South Hadley, MA, and Canterbury, NH. Some were collected after 1864, to the 1890s. Specimens attached to pages with narrow strips of paper. Album cover bears label of Morrill & Silsby, Stationers, Concord, NH.
Material:
Paper
Fiber
Dimensions:
H-14.5 W-11 D-2 inches
Provenance:
Compiled by Mary Emery Clough (1839-1917) of Canterbury, NH, while a student at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, Class of 1864.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ellinor B. Benedict
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