Description: A man, in Shaker dress, Elder Henry Clay Blinn, is holding the cone on top of one of the beehives, located amidst fruit trees. The Great Barn appears in the background. The position of the apiary shows that it was opposite the second extension to the Great Barn.
Geography
Canterbury (N.H.), Merrimack County (N.H.), New Hampshire
Description: At the lower edge of the picture, an unpaved path (sidewalk) and road can be seen. In the space between the path walk and the road is a maple sapling. On the opposite side of the path is a board fence and a gate (at the far right), with a stone gate post. The center of the picture shows a green lawn leading up to the Children's House. On the right, about half way up the picture, is the Meeting House and the Ministry's Shop behind it. The houses along the sidewalk leading from the road to C. H. are the edge of the infirmary and three or four unidentified buildings, ending with the 1793 Dwelling House and the Sister's Shop. Plantings in these pictures are young trees.
Geography
Canterbury (N.H.), Merrimack County (N.H.), New Hampshire
Description: View across a field to a pond with an island. Seen amidst the trees, across the pond, on the right is a building. Based on the maps of Canterbury in David Starbuck's Canterbury Shaker Village: Archeology and Landscape, pages 96 and 97, the view is of Turning Mill Pond. The island is designated as "Boys' Island." The turning mill is located opposite the island.
Geography
Canterbury (N.H.), Merrimack County (N.H.), New Hampshire