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Portrait of Booth Tarkington, seated at a desk, facing left, Tarkington House, Kennebunkport, Maine, undated

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-R-1

GUSN

GUSN-166992

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Description

Booth Tarkington sits at his writing desk in the Tarkington House, Kennebunkport, Maine.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
authors
interior views
houses
dwellings
interior decoration
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

ACCESS ID 1578
Old ID 1612.00

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection Code

PC002

Collection Name

Domestic interiors photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

Oct. 22, 1940

Reference Code

PC002.USME.Kennebunkport.008.09

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Kennebunkport, Me.

Record Details

Originator

The Halliday Historic Photograph Co. (Hampstead, N.H.) (photographer)

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946

Subjects

Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-R-1

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