Fenway Court
photographer
The Maynards
(active Boston and Waban, Massachusetts, about 1910 - 1950)
Dateabout 1920
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumPlatinum print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007945
eMuseum ID719843
EmbARK ObjectID33719
TMS Source ID17200
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesArchivist Shana McKenna said the Maynards shot this series for postcards between 1915 and 1920. Not sure of source. Could use further research.
MarksNotesSigned (recto, lower left of image): F and K / M [Florence and Karl Maynard]
Inscribed in pencil (recto, lower left below image): [insignia] / The City
Inscribed in pencil (verso, upper left): Fenway Court
Marked in pencil (verso, top right): .35
Printed label (verso, lower left): Made by / THE MAYNARDS / Waban, Mass.
Inscribed in pencil (verso, lower left, next to the label): 500 Boylston St. Boston
Inscribed in pencil (verso, lower right): Purchased Mar. 29, 1922
Inscribed in pencil (recto, lower left below image): [insignia] / The City
Inscribed in pencil (verso, upper left): Fenway Court
Marked in pencil (verso, top right): .35
Printed label (verso, lower left): Made by / THE MAYNARDS / Waban, Mass.
Inscribed in pencil (verso, lower left, next to the label): 500 Boylston St. Boston
Inscribed in pencil (verso, lower right): Purchased Mar. 29, 1922
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Maynards, through their employee Alice Nielson, on 29 March 1922, with five other photographs, for $2.50.
