The Reverends Beck, Brooks Grove, NY

Name/Title

The Reverends Beck, Brooks Grove, NY

Entry/Object ID

2006.027.1

Description

One photographic print mounted on a decorative cardboard mat. The subjects, according to a pasted label on the front and an ink inscription on the back, are the Reverend and the Reverend Mrs. Beck. "Mrs. Beck was pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church at Brooks Grove." Mr. Beck is wearing a dark suit and bow tie, and Mrs. Beck is wearing a white dress. They are standing next to a tree in a wooded setting. This was taken during the 1816 Brooks Grove Church Sunday School picnic.One of the other prints has the same matting and the photographer is identified as Edward Poste, so this one is also attributed to him.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Artist

Poste, Edward

Date made

1916

Place

Hamlet

Brooks Grove

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

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Search Terms

Photographers, Photographic prints, Photographs, Photography, Church, Sunday schools, Brooks Grove, New York

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 4.5" W x 6.5" H Dimensions of print only; print is mounted on a cardboard mat.