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Old and Historic Houses of New England

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1895

Location Note

photo albums 136, 137

GUSN

GUSN-194524

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Description

A photograph album of 32 images by The Halliday Historic Photograph Company depicting historic structures in Massachusetts. The majority duplicate photographs filed in the geographic files. Album is badly warped. On spine is gold embossed title "Old and Historic Houses in New England." Photographs appear to be among the early series (circa 1895) listed in the Halliday catalogue (see document boxes: photography). Quality of photograph is very good. Includes Fairbanks House, Wadsworth House, Longfellow House, The Wayside, Orchard House, King Hooper House, Alden House, Wayside Inn, Royall House, Pierce-Spencer house among others.

Details

Descriptive Terms

historic buildings
historic houses
photograph albums
albumen prints

Additional Identification Number

album number 136

Physical Description

1 photograph album

Collection Code

PC009

Collection Name

Photograph albums collection

Reference Code

PC009.136

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

Record Details

Originator

Halliday Historic Photograph Co. (Photographer)

Material Type

photograph albums
albumen prints

Other Organizations

Halliday Historic Photograph Co.

Subjects

Historic House

Descriptive Terms

Massachusetts
Fairbanks House, Dedham
Frary Inn, Deerfield
Wadsworth House, Cambridge
Longfellow House, Cambridge
Judge Joseph Lee House, Cambridge
The Wayside, Concord
Hunt-Hosmer House, Concord
Orchard House, Concord
King Hooper House, Danvers
Cutter House, Burlington
Goddard House, Brookline
Bernard Capen House, Dorchester
Everett House, Dorchester
Alden House, Duxbury
Standish House, Duxbury
Park Street, Boston
Hull Street, Boston
Howard-Emerson House, Ipswich
Old Warner House, Portsmouth
Old Bray House, Kittery
Governor Wentworth House, New Castle, NH
Wayside Inn, Sudbury
Hancock-Clarke House, Lexington
Royall house, Medford
Pierce-Spencer House, Newbury
Plymouth, MA
Rutland, MA
Shattuck house, Salem
Roger Williams House, Salem

Description Level

Item

Location Note

photo albums 136, 137

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