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Charles E. Colby and Annie Colby posed for a portrait with four of their six children. Pictured left to right are: daughter Verlie M. Colby; Annie M. Colby; Charles E. Colby; oldest son Ernest E. Colby; Ernest's future wife Sybil Smith; future son-in-law Richard Fowle; and daughter Jeannette Colby. In front (l-r): Uncle Frank Cromwell and youngest son, Lawrence Colby. Frank Cromwell was married to Annie Colby's sister, Lois Perkins Brown Cromwell.

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About This Item

• Title: Charles E. Colby family, Westport Island, ca. 1904
• Creation Date: circa 1904
• Subject Date: circa 1904
• Location: Westport Island, Lincoln County, ME
• Media: Photographic print
• Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 25.6 cm
• Collection: Colby Greenleaf Collection
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Families--Maine--Westport Island
• Group portraits--Maine--Westport Island
• Hair ornaments--Maine--Westport Island
• Westport Island (Me.)

People

• Colby, Annie May
• Colby, Charles E
• Colby, Ernest E
• Colby, Jeannette L
• Colby, Lawrence T
• Colby, Verlie M
• Cromwell, Francis A
• Cromwell, Lois A
• Fowle, Richard L
• Smith, Sybil

Other Keywords

• bows
• family
• fashion
• portraits
• Suspenders
• Vests

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