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    Skaters on the Dennys River, Dennysville Maine, detail

    Photograph
    Detail of skaters on the Dennys River, c. 1890, with the Theophilus Kilby house and barn in the background, in a photograph by John P. Sheahan, c. 1890, from a stereoview in the collection of the Tides Institute, Eastport, Maine. A pair of horses can be seen hitched to a bobsled in front of the barn, which was later moved farther from the house.

    Stereograph

    The photographer, John P. Sheahan lived on the River Road in Edmunds, Maine, directly across the Dennys River from the Theophilus Kilby House, where this image was taken.

    John P. Sheahan CollectionPhotos for Map

    Cataloging Note

    This photographic view was printed on a Christmas card published by the Tides Institute Museum of Art in 2021.

    Skaters on the Dennys River by John P. Sheahan, c. 1890.
    Irving Kilby later owner of the home is second from the right.