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1737
GUSN-1130
Framed pane of glass from Holmes House in Cambridge. Inscription reads, "Pane of glass take from a bedroom window in the old Holmes house, Cambridge. The letters O.W. were scratched upon the glass by the poet when a boy V.Y.B."
sheet glass
glass (material)
wood (plant material)
Glass
GLASS, WINDOW
The letters ""OW"" are scratched in the glass.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
Unknown
11.625 x 12.5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Dr. Vincent Y. Bowditch
1930.287
Massachusetts (United States)
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