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Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island, Mass. (Augusta, Me.) Nov. 14, 1913 Dear Mrs. D. I was so glad to here from you again how have you all been since I heard from I made enquiries for you last summer but Mrs. Gon… didn’t seem to know where you was…

Mr. Nelson O. Dunham Nantucket Island Nantucket, Mass. Dear O. Was very pleased to get letter and card. Will answer very soon. Do not let grandpa go to the home alone. But think it better for all to let him go. That is where he made his home. …

Mrs Jennie Dunham 5 West Chester Street Nantucket, Mass Dear J. I think father painted the umbrella in the picture once. I think he will remember. He said it was a very warm day when he did the job. It is very warm today. Lovingly Emma August…

Note: C.N. Cotton

Note: C.N.Cotton

A composite image made from a pair of postcard-size studio photographs. The composite offers a panoramic shot of these various entertainers.

Charles Nelson Cotton (left), Ben Cotton (right), Ben Cotton Jr., (standing)

Mrs. Jennie Dunham Nantucket Island, Mass. Bristol, Wednesday, July 31. Dear Jennie, we arrived home all safe, how did you get home. How tired you must have been. Let me know. I found all well at home, very glad to see me. Ha ha. Dora’s…

Notes: Notes: You can see shutters propped open in the windows of the building in the foreground. The card would have had to be written prior to 1912. By the summer of 1912, Jennie, her father (Charles Nelson Cotton) and her son (Nelson Olney…

Notes: On the basis of the addresses that appear in this collection: Between 1909 and ?, Jennie, her father, Charles Nelson Cotton, and son, Nelson Olney Dunham, lived on 5 West Chester St. in Nantucket. Afterward they moved to an address on…