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Album 26: Historic houses and churches of New England

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1940s

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-E-105

GUSN

GUSN-194131

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Description

This album consists of photographs by Holden and Marion Green, probably in the 1940s, of houses which were moved, including photographs of the houses in their original locations as well as their new locations. Documented in this album is a house moved from Assonet, Mass. to Egypt, Mass.; homes moved from New Boston, New Hampshire, Falmouth, Mass. (belonging to Mrs. Thomas Brown); a house moved from Boscowan, New Hampshire, to Hopkinton, New Hampshire. The album also includes unidentified interior views and photographs of buildings in Framingham, Belmont, Milton, Whitman, and Woods Hole, Mass.; Little Compton, Rhode Island; and Peterboro and Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Photos appear to have been taken in the 1940s.

Details

Descriptive Terms

historic buildings
churches (buildings)
historic houses
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs

Additional Identification Number

Album Number 26

Physical Description

1 photograph album; 9 5/8 x 10 5/16 inches

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Reference Code

PC009.026

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
New Hampshire (United States)
Rhode Island (United States)

Record Details

Originator

Green, Holden, Mr. (Photographer)
Green, Marion (Photographer)

Material Type

photograph albums
black-and-white photographs

Other People

Brown , Thomas , Mrs.

Subjects

Historic Building

Descriptive Terms

Egypt, Mass
Assonet, Mass
New Boston, NH
Falmouth, Mass
Boscowan, NH
Hopkinton, NH
Framingham, Mass
Belmont, Mass
Milton, Mass
Whitman, Mass
Woods Hole, Mass
Little Compton,RI
Peterboro, NH
Gilmanton, NH

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-E-105

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