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Historical Views of New England

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1910-1920

Location Note

photo albums # 246 & 247

GUSN

GUSN-193816

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Description

Album of small original photographs c 1910-1920. Album, together with Album # 246 is green morocco and green cloth, ribbed 6 panel spines. From the private library of Edward Osbourne Bassett. Most photos mounted in albums with a few loose between the pages. They have been removed to a separate folder.

Contains 123 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 black and white photographs of historic sites in Massachusetts, many are larger copies of photographs found in Album 246. The first 28 photos were taken in Plymouth, MA. Others include interiors and exeriors of The Royall House in Medford, Adams Homestead in Quincy, and sites in Lexington, Concord, Salem, Dedham, Boston, Charlestown, Roxbury, Cambridge, Dorchester, and Sudbury.

Details

Descriptive Terms

historic houses
historic buildings
historic monuments
landmarks
photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

album number 247

Physical Description

1 photograph album; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Date of Acquisition

2009

Reference Code

PC009.247

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

Record Details

Material Type

photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Bassett , Edward Osborne

Subjects

Historic Building

Descriptive Terms

Massachusetts
Royall House
Medford, MA
Adams Homestead
Quincy, MA
Lexington, MA
Concord, MA
Salem, MA
Boston, MA
Dedham, MA
Charlestown, MA
Roxbury, MA
Cambridge, MA
Dorchester, MA
Sudbury, MA

Description Level

Item

Location Note

photo albums # 246 & 247

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