Female friends at yearly 1890 meeting

Blue tone cyanotype image of a group of women outside the entry to a building. The women are gathered in small groups as they talk with each other. Most of the women have their backs to the camera. All wear either dark- or light-colored hats and most are dressed in dark-colored short coats and long skirts. Three subjects in the center are coming out of the door of the building. The one in front wears a light-colored bonnet tied under her chin, dark attire and she carries a medium-colored shawl [?] over her right arm. Directly behind her is another female subject wearing lighter-colored clothing, but a darker-colored bonnet with wide dark ties under her chin. To the right of these two subjects is another woman coming out of the door. She is dressed entirely in medium-colored bonnet and clothing and has a shawl wrapped around her. To her right are two women in dark attire facing the doorway. To the left of the doorway is a window.
Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library