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Beckwith Family, 1898 - 1915

 File — Box: 24, Folder: 17

Scope and Contents

Photos of Arabia, Florida, New York, Connecticut, Utah and New Jersey. Other people include G. P. Coopernail, Louise Brinton with a trumpet, also riding in a horse and buggy, also a winter sled pulled by a horse, many baby pictures a few are colorized. Pictures of Captian G. P. Coopernail at Fort Beiy Harrison with a pistol, Major Coopernail with Chief Surgical Service on a Base Hospital in Alabama as well as General Hospital in New Jersey. Buildings include the first Coopernail Bedford House, also a stone barn with a water whee. Of special interest is a photo of a woman's bowling club, people in swimsuits one dated 1910, a post card showing several people in swimsuits dated 1915 in Salt Lake, Utah, winter scene on Comming Pond, fishing photos, a girl with a golf club, a canoe, early model cars one dated 1910 and women embrodering. A vacation trip to Arabia in 1939 shows their tent, body guards and the junction of the Euphrets and Tigrus Rivers, pearl fishing boats in Kuait or Persia Gulf. King and his son, Crown Prince of Arabia, Baghdad, a camel, an early model car and hunting with a falcon.

Dates

  • created: 1898 - 1915

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 45 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository

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