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Description
Hannah Tobey Shapleigh Farmer opened a retreat for unwed mothers and their children to attend in the summers to enjoy the healthful climate of the country in the late 1880s. This is an aerial view of the home where this retreat took place. She was a noted philanthropist, and during the Civil War her home in Dover, New Hampshire served as a way station on the "Underground Railway."
About This Item
- Title: Rosemary cottage from the air, Eliot, ca. 1885
- Creation Date: circa 1885
- Subject Date: circa 1885
- Location: Rosemary, Eliot, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: 26T
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Baha'i Faith--History
- Camps--Maine--Eliot
- Eliot (Me.)--Aerial view
- Eliot (Me.)--History
- Green Acre Baha'i School--History
- Retreats--Maine--Eliot
- Rosemary cottage (Eliot, Me.)--Photographs
- Slavery
- Underground Railroad
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For more information about this item, contact:
Eliot Baha'i Archives657 Goodwin Rd., Eliot, ME 03903
(207) 439-9411
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