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Album 31: James Atkins Noyes Residence, 71 Sparks Street, Cambridge, Mass

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1895

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-E-107

GUSN

GUSN-194140

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Description

This album documents the residence of James Atkins Noyes of Cambridge, Mass. It includes twelve prints of interior and exterior views of the residence. The interior images document a hallway and staircase, a dining room, a sitting room or parlor, and bedrooms, and they show details such as wallpapers (images 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), floor coverings, chairs, tables, sofas, desks, beds, light fixtures, fireplaces and mantels, mirrors, children's toys (image 11), and an embroidery frame (image 7).

Details

Descriptive Terms

historic houses
furniture
interior decoration
toys (recreational artifacts)
embroidering
wallpapers
photograph albums

Additional Identification Number

album number 31

Physical Description

1 photograph album; 11 3/8 x 15 3/8 inches

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Reference Code

PC009.031

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Pach Brothers (Photographic studio)

Material Type

photograph albums

Other People

Longfellow, A. W. (Alexander Wadsworth), 1854-1934

Descriptive Terms

Cambridge, Mass

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-E-107

Related Items

Photograph album 79C
Photograph album 79D
Photograph album 79E
Set of architectural drawings of the James A. Noyes House, Cambridge, Mass., 1893-94

Historical/Biographical Note

Historical/Biographical Note

The James Atkins Noyes residence at 71 Sparks Street in Cambridge, Mass., was designed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr.

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