Vacations at Taylor's Playfair: Museum Object and Cultural History
Vacations at Taylor's Playfair: Date: 1950s. Photograph by: Ouida F. Taylor, American, died 2001. Type: brochures.
The object in the museum catalogue
A printed brochure advertising vacation rentals at Taylor's Playfair in Oak Bluffs, on Martha's Vineyard. The brochure is printed in green ink on cream-colored paper. The brochure contains the start and end dates of the summer season, lists activities in which guests can participate (Fishing, Boating, Bathing, Tennis, Bicycling, Bowling, Summer Stock Dancing), and provides the Playfair's rates.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1950s
- Photograph by: Ouida F. Taylor, American, died 2001
- Type: brochures
- Type: digital media - born analog
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: File size (overall): 62.47 MB
- Place depicted: Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, Martha's Vineyard, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Domestic life
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Recreation
- Topic: Segregation
- Object number: 2014.112.113
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. T.R. Taylor and descendants of Geraldine A. Taylor, Proprietor, "Taylor's Playfair"
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: Public domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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