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Portrait of an unidentified woman, seated on a chair in the second floor parlor, facing front, reading a newspaper, Greely Stevenson Curtis House, 28-30 Mount Vernon St., Boston, Mass., February 18, 1923

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1923-02-18

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-R-2

GUSN

GUSN-167568

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Description

An unidentified woman reads a newspaper in the second floor parlor of the Greely Stevenson House on Mt. Vernon Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
women (female humans)
interior views
houses
dwellings
parlors
interior decoration
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

ACCESS ID 2158
Old ID 2194.00

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 7 x 4 3/4 inches

Collection Code

PC002

Collection Name

Domestic interiors photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1923-02-26

Reference Code

PC002.USMA.Boston.056.06

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

7 x 4 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston, Mass.

Record Details

Originator

Appleton, William Sumner, 1874-1947 (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Curtis, Greely "Steen" Stevenson, 1830-1897

Subjects

Architectural photography
Mt. Vernon Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-F-R-2

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