Holding Hands

Clarence Trefry

$24.99

  • Description

Three women pose in front of the Farragut House Hotel, located in the resort town of Rye, New Hampshire. The original Farragut House was built around 1846, but burned to the ground in the early 1880s. In 1883, the rebuilt hotel opened once again, and it remained open for almost a century. The hotel closed in 1974 and was subsequently demolished, so we're extra grateful for this photograph, which shows the 1883 version of the hotel in the background. Another great element of this shot? Those blurry figures running around in the background, perhaps playing some type of game. There's a lot to enjoy in this photograph, especially their turn-of-the-century styles and the tightly-clasped hands between the two women on the left. Are they friends vacationing together? Or strangers who have just met at this hotel? We can never know for sure, but even so, we're grateful to Mr. Trefry for snapping this shot.

  • Description

Three women pose in front of the Farragut House Hotel, located in the resort town of Rye, New Hampshire. The original Farragut House was built around 1846, but burned to the ground in the early 1880s. In 1883, the rebuilt hotel opened once again, and it remained open for almost a century. The hotel closed in 1974 and was subsequently demolished, so we're extra grateful for this photograph, which shows the 1883 version of the hotel in the background. Another great element of this shot? Those blurry figures running around in the background, perhaps playing some type of game. There's a lot to enjoy in this photograph, especially their turn-of-the-century styles and the tightly-clasped hands between the two women on the left. Are they friends vacationing together? Or strangers who have just met at this hotel? We can never know for sure, but even so, we're grateful to Mr. Trefry for snapping this shot.