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Title	Women and children in a quarry.
Creator	Gaskell.
Place	Lantern Hill (Conn.)
Topic	Silica Mines and mineral resources Children
Topic-Person	Gaskell family
Theme	Environment
Description	Two women, a boy and and a girl are in an open area with high rock walls and what appears to be a sandy ground surface, probably a silica mine in the Lantern Hill area. The boy wears a jacket and cap and sits in a wheelbarrow, holding a shovel in his left hand. A woman can be seen behind him. To the right, another woman stands on a ladder propped against the quarry wall. The girl stands in front of her. The women and girl wear shirtwaists and broad-brimmed hats.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. The woman on the ladder is probably Mrs. Gaskell. The boy and girl may be two of her five children. Probably taken by the Gaskell who owned Mystic Pharmacy on East Main Street, Mystic. Approximate date based on clothing and dating of related photographs. Identified as probably Lantern Hill area, North Stonington.
Date created	[between 1898 and 1904]
Physical format	1 photograph : gelatin glass negative ; 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1985.94.47 File name: IMG0074-4170.PCD
Source	Mystic Seaport.
Collection	Gaskell Collection.
Rights	Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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