Gay Head Cliffs, c. 1903

Gay Head Cliffs, c. 1903 captures the multicolored clay cliffs of Gay Head (Aquinnah) on Martha's Vineyard in an early 20th-century black-and-white photograph, its original printed caption identifying the site as the "Colored Cliffs at Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, Mass." The image documents the raw, wind-carved geology and sweeping shoreline that made the cliffs a celebrated New England landmark and a popular subject for turn-of-the-century photographers.

Gay Head Cliffs, c. 1903. Historic Black-and-White Coastal Photography Canvas Print.