We can not crack collars / try us and see, after 1900

Containers:
Box 7, Image RL.11785-P-0506
Physical description:
25 1/2 x 30 1/2 cm; albumen; card mount
Scope and content:

Blind stamp on lower right corner of dark gray mount: Towne and Whitney / Gardner, Mass. Image is of two horse drawn vehicles in a tree-lined street; one is a laundry wagon with a banner on the horse advertising the service's benefits (we can not crack collars). The wagon in front seems to have a child in it and another person, and is covered with flowers.

Biographical / historical:
By 1900, Towne and Whitney were in partnership in Gardner, Massachusetts. Anna F. Towne was 43 years old and divorced. Alma F. Whitney was 38 and unmarried. Their photography shop was at 143 Central St. in Gardner. Working with them was Anna M. Towne, Anna's daughter and a young woman named Annie W. Ross. [Source: Langdon Road photography website blog, viewed December 22, 2022]

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