Description: "Jane Maria Perry Wakefield was born to Thomas Lafayette and his first wife, Jane (Perry) Wakefield, on March 25, 1852 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Her mother died a year later and her father married Frances Anna Lathrop, the sister of photographer, Henry L. Rand’s mother, Jane Augusta “Jennie” (Lathrop) Rand on November 8, 1855. The Wakefields lived at 98 Court Street, Dedham, Massachusetts and Jane grew up with her half brothers and sister, John Lathrop, Frank Mortimer, Julius Ross and Anna Margaretta Wakefield. Jane graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1871. She married Clifton Prentiss Baker (1850-1926), son of Francis Whiting and Lucinda (Stowe) Baker, on October 22, 1874. Their child was Ross Wakefield Baker (1876-1951). Clifton P. Baker was a Director of the Lawrence Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of cotton hosiery and underwear in Lowell, Massachusetts, a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and a member of the Country Club in Brookline. He was active in causes for the cotton industry and served as a director of several institutions. Jane Maria Perry (Wakefield) Baker died on May 13, 1908. Clifton then married Ellen J. (Brown Fassett?). Clifton Prentiss Baker died on January 24, 1926." [show more]
Description: According to Sjaak Boone, Chairman of the Scheveningen Historical and Genealogical Society, this photograph depicts a group of coopers working at the wharf of the shipowner Arie van Vliet at the Badhuiskade. The name of the cooper standing at the 3d barrel from the left is Cornelis van der Toorn.
Description: Marion is reading "Hood's Humorous Poems" by Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Seated in Back - Left to Right: Helen Winthrop Dougherty (1887-1975) - graduated (cum laude) from Radcliffe College in 1910. Marion Elizabeth Dougherty (1876-1970) - reading to her sisters. Ethel Ward Dougherty (1882-) - graduated (cum laude) from Radcliffe College in 1903. Seated in Front - Left to Right: Edna K. Dougherty (1885-) - went to Radcliffe and became a teacher. Constance Margaret Dougherty (1890-1980) - later Mrs. Geoffrey O’Hara. Her husband, a musician, wrote the song “K-K-K-Katie” Lucy Jackson Dougherty (1884-) - graduated from Radcliffe in 1907 and married Henry Bertram Potter in 1908. [show more]
Description: Four men and four women are shown resting on a day's outing. The women are dressed for the country - complete with hats. Botanist, Edward Lathrop Rand, on the far right, is wearing elaborately buckled gaiters and carries his vasculum for collecting botanical specimens.