Champlain Society Members at Camp Pemetic

Identifier:
9494  
Title:
Champlain Society Members at Camp Pemetic
Subject:
Description:
From Left to Right:

Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880. Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot

George Bradford Dunbar (1860-1929) - "Hunter" - 20 years old in 1880 - holding saw and hatchet. George was brother to William Dunbar.

John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880. John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand.

Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 - with sunglasses.

William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880. William and George Dunbar were brothers.

William is carrying a vasculum for collecting botanical specimens.

Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - 21 years old in 1880 - standing with oar.

Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880.

vas·cu·lum
n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html.

To see what a vasculum looks like see Item 5316.
Place:
Mount Desert
State:
ME
Country:
USA
Date:
1880
Source:
Collection of Nan Eliot Lincoln
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Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950), “Champlain Society Members at Camp Pemetic,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed November 22, 2024, https://demo.digitalarchive.us/items/show/5746.Item 9494

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