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Album 43: Payson Residence, Belmont, Mass

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1875-1885

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-E-203

GUSN

GUSN-194174

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Description

This album includes approximately fifty images of the Payson Residence, Belmont, Massachusetts (formerly the Cushing Estate). They accompany a typed reminiscence of "Belmont in 1880" by Eleanor Payson Parker (Mrs. Philip Parker, d. circa 1931) recalling the house, grounds, furnishings, and social activities. The author's inscription suggests that the photographs date between 1875-1885. For related photographs of this property see: small photo files; stereo views.

Details

Descriptive Terms

historic houses
landscapes (environments)
photograph albums
albumen prints

Additional Identification Number

album number 43

Physical Description

1 photograph album; 8 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Reference Code

PC009.043

Places

Belmont (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

photograph albums
albumen prints

Other People

Parker, Eleanor Payson

Subjects

Historic House

Descriptive Terms

Belmont, Mass
Payson Residence
Cushing Estate

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-E-203

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